אַחְאָב

ach.avAhab
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man93 occurrences5 books81 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • Ahab: Wicked king of Israel; husband of Jezebel
  • Ahab: False prophet during the Babylonian exile

Definition

once (by contraction) אֶחָב (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 and H1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
Traditional renderings: Ahab.

Glossary entries

Ahab (King) Ahab (Son of Kolaiah)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

93 total
  1. 2 Kings 3:1אַחְאָ֗ב · of Ahab
    In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
  2. 2 Kings 3:5אַחְאָ֑ב · of Ahab
    But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
  3. 2 Kings 8:16אַחְאָב֙ · of Ahab
    In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
  4. 2 Kings 8:18 (2×)אַחְאָ֔ב · of Ahab; אַחְאָ֔ב · of Ahab
    And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  5. 2 Kings 8:25אַחְאָ֖ב · of Ahab
    In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
  6. 2 Kings 8:27 (3×)אַחְאָ֔ב · of Ahab; אַחְאָ֑ב · of Ahab; אַחְאָ֖ב · of Ahab
    And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
  7. 2 Kings 8:28אַחְאָ֗ב · of Ahab
    Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
  8. 2 Kings 8:29אַחְאָ֛ב · of Ahab
    So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
  9. 2 Kings 9:7אַחְאָ֖ב · Ahab
    And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.
  10. 2 Kings 9:8 (2×)אַחְאָ֑ב · of Ahab; לְאַחְאָב֙ · from Ahab
    The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
  11. 2 Kings 9:9אַחְאָ֔ב · of Ahab
    I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.
  12. 2 Kings 9:25אַחְאָ֣ב · Ahab
    And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
  13. 2 Kings 9:29אַחְאָ֑ב · of Ahab
    (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
  14. 2 Kings 10:1 (2×)וּלְאַחְאָ֛ב · Now Ahab; אַחְאָ֖ב · of Ahab
    Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:
  15. 2 Kings 10:10אַחְאָ֑ב · of Ahab
    Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”
  16. 2 Kings 10:11אַחְאָב֙ · of Ahab
    So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.
  17. 2 Kings 10:17לְאַחְאָ֛ב · belonging to Ahab
    When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
  18. 2 Kings 10:18אַחְאָ֕ב · Ahab
    Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
  19. 2 Kings 10:30אַחְאָ֑ב · of Ahab
    Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
  20. 2 Kings 21:3אַחְאָב֙ · Ahab
    For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
  21. 2 Kings 21:13אַחְאָ֑ב · of Ahab
    I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.
  22. 2 Chronicles 18:1לְאַחְאָֽב׃ · and he allied himself with Ahab
    Now Jehoshaphat had an abundance of riches and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
  23. 2 Chronicles 18:2 (2×)אַחְאָב֙ · visit Ahab; אַחְאָ֜ב · where Ahab
    And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.
  24. 2 Chronicles 18:3אַחְאָ֣ב · Ahab
    Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am as you are, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
  25. 2 Chronicles 18:19אַחְאָ֣ב · Ahab
    And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
  26. 2 Chronicles 21:6 (2×)אַחְאָ֔ב · of Ahab; אַחְאָ֔ב · of Ahab
    And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  27. 2 Chronicles 21:13אַחְאָ֑ב · of Ahab
    …but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.
  28. 2 Chronicles 22:3אַחְאָ֑ב · of Ahab
    Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
  29. 2 Chronicles 22:4אַחְאָ֑ב · of Ahab [had done]
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.
  30. 2 Chronicles 22:5אַחְאָ֜ב · of Ahab
    Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram.
  31. 2 Chronicles 22:6אַחְאָ֛ב · of Ahab
    So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
  32. 2 Chronicles 22:7אַחְאָֽב׃ · of Ahab
    Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
  33. 2 Chronicles 22:8אַחְאָ֑ב · of Ahab
    So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.
  34. Jeremiah 29:21אַחְאָ֤ב · Ahab
    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
  35. Jeremiah 29:22וּכְאֶחָ֔ב · and Ahab
    Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
  36. Micah 6:16אַחְאָ֔ב · of Ahab’s
    You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”