אָב

Derivation

a primitive word;

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

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

Translated as

father (570), fathers (428), father's (126), fathers' (10), chief (2), families (2), prince (1), principal (1)

Where it appears

Found in 1003 verses

Senesi

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, 19:37, 19:38 + 138 more

ʻEkisotosi

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 + 2 more

Levitiko

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

Nomipā

1:2, 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, 1:45, 1:47, 2:2, 2:32, 3:15 + 39 more

Teutalonome

1:8, 1:11, 1:21, 4:1, 4:31, 4:37, 5:3, 5:9, 5:16, 6:3, 6:10, 7:8, 7:13, 8:3, 8:16, 8:18, 9:5, 10:11, 10:15, 10:22 + 36 more

Siosiua

1:6, 2:12, 2:13, 2:18, 4:21, 5:6, 6:23, 6:25, 14:1, 15:13, 15:18, 17:1, 18:3, 19:51, 21:1, 21:11, 21:43, 21:44, 22:14, 22:28 + 7 more

Fakamaau

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 + 30 more

Lute

2:11, 4:17

1 Samuela

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 + 28 more

2 Samuela

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 + 4 more

1 Tuʻi

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 + 60 more

2 Tuʻi

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 + 39 more

1 Meʻa Hokohoko

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 + 67 more

2 Meʻa Hokohoko

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 + 90 more

ʻEsela

1:5, 2:59, 2:68, 3:12, 4:2, 4:3, 7:27, 8:1, 8:29, 9:7, 10:11, 10:16

Nehemaia

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

Eseta

2:7, 4:14

Siope

15:18, 17:14, 29:16, 30:1, 31:18, 34:36, 38:28, 42:15

Saame

22:4, 27:10, 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

Lea Fakatātā

1:8, 3:12, 4:1, 4:3, 6:20, 10:1, 13:1, 15:5, 15:20, 17:21, 17:25, 19:13, 19:14, 19:26, 20:20, 22:28, 23:22, 23:24, 23:25, 27:10 + 4 more

ʻIsaia

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

Selemaia

2:5, 2:27, 3:4, 3:19, 3:24, 3:25, 6:21, 7:7, 7:14, 7:18, 7:22, 7:25, 9:14, 9:16, 11:4, 11:5, 11:7, 11:10, 12:6, 13:14 + 34 more

Tangilāulau

5:3, 5:7

ʻIsikieli

2:3, 5:10, 16:3, 16:45, 18:2, 18:4, 18:14, 18:17, 18:18, 18:19, 18:20, 20:18, 20:24, 20:27, 20:30, 20:36, 22:7, 22:10, 22:11, 36:28 + 3 more

Taniela

9:6, 9:8, 9:16, 11:24, 11:37, 11:38

Hosea

9:10

ʻAmosi

2:4, 2:7

Maika

7:6, 7:20

Sakalaia

1:4, 1:5, 1:6, 8:14, 13:3

Malakai

1:6, 2:10, 3:7, 4:6