אַחְאָב

Strong’s Definition

Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon

Etymology & Derivation

once (by contraction) אֶחָב (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 (אָח) and H1 (אָב); brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father;

KJV Usage

Ahab.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.king of israel, son of omri, husband of jezebel
• 2.false prophet executed by nebuchadrezzar, time of jeremiah

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼAchʼâb; Pronunciation: akh-awb'