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True Words Baptist Church — Revelation 21:5
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S

אָב

H1 · ʼâb · awb · Hebrew

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Strong’s definition

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

KJV usage

chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

1,212mapped occurrences
1,059verses
11KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping

father 592fathers 483father's 127chief 2families 2patrimony 1prince 1principal 1Father 1of the fathers 1to their fathers 1

Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).

Mapped occurrences

Genesis 35:18Mapped KJV word: father

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

Genesis 35:22Mapped KJV word: father's

And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

Genesis 35:27Mapped KJV word: father

And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

Genesis 36:9Mapped KJV word: father

And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

Genesis 36:24Mapped KJV word: father

And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

Genesis 36:43Mapped KJV word: father

Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.

Genesis 37:1Mapped KJV word: father

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:2Mapped KJV word: father's

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

Genesis 37:2Mapped KJV word: father

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

Genesis 37:4Mapped KJV word: father

And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

Genesis 37:10Mapped KJV word: father

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

Genesis 37:10Mapped KJV word: father

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

Genesis 37:11Mapped KJV word: father

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

Genesis 37:12Mapped KJV word: father's

And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

Genesis 37:22Mapped KJV word: father

And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Genesis 37:32Mapped KJV word: father

And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

Genesis 37:35Mapped KJV word: father

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Genesis 38:11Mapped KJV word: father's

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

Genesis 38:11Mapped KJV word: father's

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

Genesis 41:51Mapped KJV word: father's

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

Genesis 42:13Mapped KJV word: father

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

Genesis 42:29Mapped KJV word: father

And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

Genesis 42:32Mapped KJV word: father

We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:32Mapped KJV word: father

We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:35Mapped KJV word: father

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

Genesis 42:36Mapped KJV word: father

And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

Genesis 42:37Mapped KJV word: father

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

Genesis 43:2Mapped KJV word: father

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

Genesis 43:7Mapped KJV word: father

And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

Genesis 43:8Mapped KJV word: father

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

Genesis 43:11Mapped KJV word: father

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Genesis 43:23Mapped KJV word: father

And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

Genesis 43:27Mapped KJV word: father

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

Genesis 43:28Mapped KJV word: father

And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

Genesis 44:17Mapped KJV word: father

And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

Genesis 44:19Mapped KJV word: father

My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

Genesis 44:20Mapped KJV word: father

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

Genesis 44:20Mapped KJV word: father

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

Genesis 44:22Mapped KJV word: father

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

Genesis 44:22Mapped KJV word: father

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

Genesis 44:24Mapped KJV word: father

And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

Genesis 44:25Mapped KJV word: father

And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

Genesis 44:27Mapped KJV word: father

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

Genesis 44:30Mapped KJV word: father

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

Genesis 44:31Mapped KJV word: father

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 44:32Mapped KJV word: father

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

Genesis 44:32Mapped KJV word: father

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

Genesis 44:34Mapped KJV word: father

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

Genesis 44:34Mapped KJV word: father

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

Genesis 45:3Mapped KJV word: father

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.