Av אָב

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Av
אָב
Transliteration	av
Strong's number	H1 (H0001G, H0001H, H0001I)
Language	Hebrew
Part of speech	masculine noun
Gloss	father
Occurrences	1213 in 1060 verses
Most frequent in	Genesis (170)

Av (Hebrew אָב, Strong's H1) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “father”. It occurs 1213 times in 1060 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H0001G: father

1) father of an individual
2) of God as father of his people
3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers - of person
4b) of people
5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6) of producer, generator (fig.)
7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)
8) term of respect and honour
9) ruler or chief (spec.)
Also means: av (אַב "father" H0002)

H0001H: (Huram)-abi

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.7.13; also called Huram-abi (KJV: "Huram my father's") at 2Ch.2.13; 4.16;
Combined with chi.ram (חִירָם "Hiram" H2438H)

H0001I: father of

The father of Gibeon, also known as Abiel - a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.9.1;
son of: Zeror (H6872C); married to Maacah (H4601N);
father of: Kish (H7027G), Ner (H5369G), Abdon (H5658J), Zur (H6698I), Baal (H1168B), Nadab (H5070J), Gedor (H1446I), Ahio (H0283I), Zecher (H2144) and Mikloth (H4732G); also called Jeiel (Ketiv: Jeuel; KJV: Jehiel) at 1Ch.9.35; Ner at 1Ch.8.33; 9.39;

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJV	father (593), fathers (480), father's (127), fathers fathers (2), chief (2), families (2), patrimony (1), prince (1), principal (1), their fathers (1)
BSB	his father (171), your fathers (100), my father (85), your father (81), their fathers (78), father (75), his fathers (61), families (53), our fathers (47), his father's (43), your father's (32), their father (27), and 126 other renderings

Topics

Fathers

Verses

Av occurs in 1060 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (170): 2:24, 4:20, 4:21, 9:18, 9:22, 9:23, 10:21, 11:28, 11:29, 12:1, 15:15, 17:4, 17:5, 19:31, 19:32, 19:33, 19:34, 19:35, 19:36, 19:37, 19:38, 20:12, 20:13, 22:7, 22:21, 24:7, 24:23, 24:38, 24:40, 26:3, 26:15, 26:18, 26:24, 27:6, 27:9, 27:10, 27:12, 27:14, 27:18, 27:19, 27:22, 27:26, 27:30, 27:31, 27:32, 27:34, 27:38, 27:39, 27:41, 28:2, 28:7, 28:8, 28:13, 28:21, 29:9, 29:12, 31:1, 31:3, 31:5, 31:6, 31:7, 31:9, 31:14, 31:16, 31:18, 31:19, 31:29, 31:30, 31:35, 31:42, 31:53, 32:9, 33:19, 34:4, 34:6, 34:11, 34:13, 34:19, 35:18, 35:22, 35:27, 36:9, 36:24, 36:43, 37:1, 37:2, 37:4, 37:10, 37:11, 37:12, 37:22, 37:32, 37:35, 38:11, 41:51, 42:13, 42:29, 42:32, 42:35, 42:36, 42:37, 43:2, 43:7, 43:8, 43:11, 43:23, 43:27, 43:28, 44:17, 44:19, 44:20, 44:22, 44:24, 44:25, 44:27, 44:30, 44:31, 44:32, 44:34, 45:3, 45:8, 45:9, 45:13, 45:18, 45:19, 45:23, 45:25, 45:27, 46:1, 46:3, 46:5, 46:29, 46:31, 46:34, 47:1, 47:3, 47:5, 47:6, 47:7, 47:9, 47:11, 47:12, 47:30, 48:1, 48:9, 48:15, 48:16, 48:17, 48:18, 48:19, 48:21, 49:2, 49:4, 49:8, 49:25, 49:26, 49:28, 49:29, 50:1, 50:2, 50:5, 50:6, 50:7, 50:8, 50:10, 50:14, 50:15, 50:16, 50:17, 50:22

Exodus (22): 2:16, 2:18, 3:6, 3:13, 3:15, 3:16, 4:5, 6:14, 6:25, 10:6, 12:3, 13:5, 13:11, 15:2, 18:4, 20:5, 20:12, 21:15, 21:17, 22:17, 34:7, 40:15

Leviticus (19): 16:32, 18:7, 18:8, 18:9, 18:11, 18:12, 18:14, 19:3, 20:9, 20:11, 20:17, 20:19, 21:2, 21:9, 21:11, 22:13, 25:41, 26:39, 26:40

Numbers (75): 1:2, 1:4, 1:16, 1:18, 1:20, 1:22, 1:24, 1:26, 1:28, 1:30, 1:32, 1:34, 1:36, 1:38, 1:40, 1:42, 1:44, 1:45, 1:47, 2:2, 2:32, 2:34, 3:4, 3:15, 3:20, 3:24, 3:30, 3:35, 4:2, 4:22, 4:29, 4:34, 4:38, 4:40, 4:42, 4:46, 6:7, 7:2, 11:12, 12:14, 13:2, 14:18, 14:23, 17:2, 17:3, 17:6, 18:1, 18:2, 20:15, 25:14, 25:15, 26:2, 26:55, 27:3, 27:4, 27:7, 27:10, 27:11, 30:3, 30:4, 30:5, 30:16, 31:26, 32:8, 32:14, 32:28, 33:54, 34:14, 36:1, 36:3, 36:4, 36:6, 36:7, 36:8, 36:12

Deuteronomy (65): 1:8, 1:11, 1:21, 1:35, 4:1, 4:31, 4:37, 5:3, 5:9, 5:16, 6:3, 6:10, 6:18, 6:23, 7:8, 7:12, 7:13, 8:1, 8:3, 8:16, 8:18, 9:5, 10:11, 10:15, 10:22, 11:9, 11:21, 12:1, 13:6, 13:17, 18:8, 19:8, 21:13, 21:18, 21:19, 22:15, 22:16, 22:19, 22:21, 22:29, 22:30, 24:16, 26:3, 26:5, 26:7, 26:15, 27:3, 27:16, 27:20, 27:22, 28:11, 28:36, 28:64, 29:13, 29:25, 30:5, 30:9, 30:20, 31:7, 31:16, 31:20, 32:6, 32:7, 32:17, 33:9

Joshua (29): 1:6, 2:12, 2:13, 2:18, 4:21, 5:6, 6:23, 6:25, 14:1, 15:13, 15:18, 17:1, 17:4, 18:3, 19:47, 19:51, 21:1, 21:11, 21:43, 21:44, 22:14, 22:28, 24:2, 24:3, 24:6, 24:14, 24:15, 24:17, 24:32

Judges (50): 1:14, 2:1, 2:10, 2:12, 2:17, 2:19, 2:20, 2:22, 3:4, 6:13, 6:15, 6:25, 6:27, 8:32, 9:1, 9:5, 9:17, 9:18, 9:28, 9:56, 11:2, 11:7, 11:36, 11:37, 11:39, 14:2, 14:3, 14:4, 14:5, 14:6, 14:9, 14:10, 14:15, 14:16, 14:19, 15:1, 15:2, 15:6, 16:31, 17:10, 18:19, 18:29, 19:2, 19:3, 19:4, 19:5, 19:6, 19:8, 19:9, 21:22

Ruth (2): 2:11, 4:17

1 Samuel (48): 2:25, 2:27, 2:28, 2:30, 2:31, 9:3, 9:5, 9:20, 10:2, 10:12, 12:6, 12:7, 12:8, 12:15, 14:1, 14:27, 14:28, 14:29, 14:51, 17:15, 17:25, 17:34, 18:2, 18:18, 19:2, 19:3, 19:4, 20:1, 20:2, 20:3, 20:6, 20:8, 20:9, 20:10, 20:12, 20:13, 20:32, 20:33, 20:34, 22:1, 22:3, 22:11, 22:15, 22:16, 22:22, 23:17, 24:11, 24:21

2 Samuel (24): 2:32, 3:7, 3:8, 3:29, 6:21, 7:12, 7:14, 9:7, 10:2, 10:3, 13:5, 14:9, 15:34, 16:3, 16:19, 16:21, 16:22, 17:8, 17:10, 17:23, 19:28, 19:37, 21:14, 24:17

1 Kings (80): 1:6, 1:21, 2:10, 2:12, 2:24, 2:26, 2:31, 2:32, 2:44, 3:3, 3:6, 3:7, 3:14, 5:1, 5:3, 5:5, 6:12, 7:14, 7:51, 8:1, 8:15, 8:17, 8:18, 8:20, 8:21, 8:24, 8:25, 8:26, 8:34, 8:40, 8:48, 8:53, 8:57, 8:58, 9:4, 9:5, 9:9, 11:4, 11:6, 11:12, 11:17, 11:21, 11:27, 11:33, 11:43, 12:4, 12:6, 12:9, 12:10, 12:11, 12:14, 13:11, 13:12, 13:22, 14:15, 14:20, 14:22, 14:31, 15:3, 15:8, 15:11, 15:12, 15:15, 15:19, 15:24, 15:26, 16:6, 16:28, 18:18, 19:4, 19:20, 20:34, 21:3, 21:4, 22:40, 22:43, 22:46, 22:50, 22:52, 22:53

2 Kings (59): 2:12, 3:2, 3:13, 4:18, 4:19, 5:13, 6:21, 8:24, 9:25, 9:28, 10:3, 10:35, 12:18, 12:21, 13:9, 13:13, 13:14, 13:25, 14:3, 14:5, 14:6, 14:16, 14:20, 14:21, 14:22, 14:29, 15:3, 15:7, 15:9, 15:22, 15:34, 15:38, 16:2, 16:20, 17:13, 17:14, 17:15, 17:41, 18:3, 19:12, 20:5, 20:17, 20:21, 21:3, 21:8, 21:15, 21:18, 21:20, 21:21, 21:22, 22:2, 22:13, 22:20, 23:30, 23:32, 23:34, 23:37, 24:6, 24:9

1 Chronicles (87): 2:17, 2:21, 2:23, 2:24, 2:42, 2:44, 2:45, 2:49, 2:50, 2:51, 2:52, 2:55, 4:3, 4:4, 4:5, 4:11, 4:12, 4:14, 4:17, 4:18, 4:19, 4:21, 4:38, 5:1, 5:13, 5:15, 5:24, 5:25, 6:19, 7:2, 7:4, 7:7, 7:9, 7:11, 7:14, 7:22, 7:31, 7:40, 8:6, 8:10, 8:13, 8:28, 8:29, 9:9, 9:13, 9:19, 9:33, 9:34, 9:35, 12:17, 12:28, 12:30, 15:12, 17:11, 17:13, 19:2, 19:3, 21:17, 22:10, 23:9, 23:11, 23:24, 24:2, 24:4, 24:6, 24:19, 24:30, 24:31, 25:3, 25:6, 26:6, 26:10, 26:13, 26:21, 26:26, 26:31, 26:32, 27:1, 28:4, 28:6, 28:9, 29:6, 29:10, 29:15, 29:18, 29:20, 29:23

2 Chronicles (110): 1:2, 1:8, 1:9, 2:3, 2:7, 2:13, 2:14, 2:17, 3:1, 4:16, 5:1, 5:2, 6:4, 6:7, 6:8, 6:10, 6:15, 6:16, 6:25, 6:31, 6:38, 7:17, 7:18, 7:22, 8:14, 9:31, 10:4, 10:6, 10:9, 10:10, 10:11, 10:14, 11:16, 12:16, 13:12, 13:18, 14:1, 14:4, 15:12, 15:18, 16:3, 16:13, 17:2, 17:3, 17:4, 17:14, 19:4, 19:8, 20:6, 20:32, 20:33, 21:1, 21:3, 21:4, 21:10, 21:12, 21:13, 21:19, 22:4, 23:2, 24:18, 24:22, 24:24, 25:3, 25:4, 25:5, 25:28, 26:1, 26:2, 26:4, 26:12, 26:23, 27:2, 27:9, 28:1, 28:6, 28:9, 28:25, 28:27, 29:2, 29:5, 29:6, 29:9, 30:7, 30:8, 30:19, 30:22, 31:17, 32:13, 32:14, 32:15, 32:33, 33:3, 33:8, 33:12, 33:20, 33:22, 33:23, 34:2, 34:3, 34:21, 34:28, 34:32, 34:33, 35:4, 35:5, 35:12, 35:24, 36:1, 36:15

Ezra (13): 1:5, 2:59, 2:68, 3:12, 4:2, 4:3, 7:27, 8:1, 8:28, 8:29, 9:7, 10:11, 10:16

Nehemiah (20): 1:6, 2:3, 2:5, 7:61, 7:70, 7:71, 8:13, 9:2, 9:9, 9:16, 9:23, 9:32, 9:34, 9:36, 10:34, 11:13, 12:12, 12:22, 12:23, 13:18

Esther (2): 2:7, 4:14

Job (9): 8:8, 15:10, 15:18, 17:14, 29:16, 30:1, 31:18, 38:28, 42:15

Psalms (19): 22:4, 27:10, 39:12, 44:1, 45:10, 45:16, 49:19, 68:5, 78:3, 78:5, 78:8, 78:12, 78:57, 89:26, 95:9, 103:13, 106:6, 106:7, 109:14

Proverbs (26): 1:8, 3:12, 4:1, 4:3, 6:20, 10:1, 13:1, 15:5, 15:20, 17:6, 17:21, 17:25, 19:13, 19:14, 19:26, 20:20, 22:28, 23:22, 23:24, 23:25, 27:10, 28:7, 28:24, 29:3, 30:11, 30:17

Isaiah (20): 3:6, 7:17, 8:4, 9:6, 14:21, 22:21, 22:23, 22:24, 37:12, 38:5, 38:19, 39:6, 43:27, 45:10, 51:2, 58:14, 63:16, 64:8, 64:11, 65:7

Jeremiah (62): 2:5, 2:27, 3:4, 3:18, 3:19, 3:24, 3:25, 6:21, 7:7, 7:14, 7:18, 7:22, 7:25, 7:26, 9:14, 9:16, 11:4, 11:5, 11:7, 11:10, 12:6, 13:14, 14:20, 16:3, 16:7, 16:11, 16:12, 16:13, 16:15, 16:19, 17:22, 19:4, 20:15, 22:11, 22:15, 23:27, 23:39, 24:10, 25:5, 30:3, 31:9, 31:29, 31:32, 32:18, 32:22, 34:5, 34:13, 34:14, 35:6, 35:8, 35:10, 35:14, 35:15, 35:16, 35:18, 44:3, 44:9, 44:10, 44:17, 44:21, 47:3, 50:7

Lamentations (2): 5:3, 5:7

Ezekiel (25): 2:3, 5:10, 16:3, 16:45, 18:2, 18:4, 18:14, 18:17, 18:18, 18:19, 18:20, 20:4, 20:18, 20:24, 20:27, 20:30, 20:36, 20:42, 22:7, 22:10, 22:11, 36:28, 37:25, 44:25, 47:14

Daniel (6): 9:6, 9:8, 9:16, 11:24, 11:37, 11:38

Hosea (1): 9:10

Joel (1): 1:2

Amos (2): 2:4, 2:7

Micah (2): 7:6, 7:20

Zechariah (6): 1:2, 1:4, 1:5, 1:6, 8:14, 13:3

Malachi (4): 1:6, 2:10, 3:7, 4:6

Notes

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).