Occurrences
ʼâb occurs 1,214 times in 1,060 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (170), Exodus (22), Leviticus (19), Numbers (75), Deuteronomy (65), Joshua (29), Judges (50), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (48), 2 Samuel (24), 1 Kings (80), 2 Kings (59), 1 Chronicles (87), 2 Chronicles (110), Ezra (13), Nehemiah (20), Esther (2), Job (9), Psalms (19), Proverbs (26), Isaiah (20), Jeremiah (62), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (25), Daniel (6), Hosea (1), Joel (1), Amos (2), Micah (2), Zechariah (6), Malachi (4)
- Genesis 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father (אָבִ֖יו) and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- Genesis 4:20 — And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father (אֲבִ֕י) of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
- Genesis 4:21 — And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father (אֲבִ֕י) of all such as handle the harp and organ.
- Genesis 9:18 — And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father (אֲבִ֥י) of Canaan.
- Genesis 9:22 — And Ham, the father (אֲבִ֣י) of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- Genesis 9:22 — And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father (אָבִ֑יו), and told his two brethren without.
- Genesis 9:23 — And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father (אֲבִיהֶ֑ם); and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
- Genesis 9:23 — And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s (אֲבִיהֶ֖ם) nakedness.
- Genesis 10:21 — Unto Shem also, the father (אֲבִי֙) of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
- Genesis 11:28 — And Haran died before his father (אָבִ֑יו) Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
- Genesis 11:29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father (אֲבִֽי) of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
- Genesis 11:29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father (וַֽאֲבִ֥י) of Iscah.
- Genesis 12:1 — Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house (אָבִ֑יךָ), unto a land that I will shew thee:
- Genesis 15:15 — And thou shalt go to thy fathers (אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ) in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
- Genesis 17:4 — As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father (לְאַ֖ב) of many nations.
- Genesis 17:5 — Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father (אַב) of many nations have I made thee.
- Genesis 19:31 — And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father (אָבִ֣ינוּ) is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
- Genesis 19:32 — Come, let us make our father (אָבִ֛ינוּ) drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
- Genesis 19:32 — Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father (מֵאָבִ֖ינוּ).
- Genesis 19:33 — And they made their father (אֲבִיהֶ֛ן) drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 19:33 — And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father (אָבִ֔יהָ); and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 19:34 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father (אָבִ֑י): let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
- Genesis 19:34 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father (מֵאָבִ֖ינוּ).
- Genesis 19:35 — And they made their father (אֲבִיהֶ֖ן) drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 19:36 — Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father (מֵאֲבִיהֶֽן).
- Genesis 19:37 — And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father (אֲבִֽי) of the Moabites unto this day.
- Genesis 19:38 — And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father (אֲבִ֥י) of the children of Ammon unto this day.
- Genesis 20:12 — And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father (אָבִי֙), but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
- Genesis 20:13 — And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house (אָבִי֒), that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
- Genesis 22:7 — And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father (אָבִיו֙), and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
- Genesis 22:7 — And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father (אָבִ֔י): and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
- Genesis 22:21 — Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father (אֲבִ֥י) of Aram,
- Genesis 24:7 — The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house (אָבִי֮), and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
- Genesis 24:23 — And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s (אָבִ֛יךְ) house for us to lodge in?
- Genesis 24:38 — But thou shalt go unto my father’s (אָבִ֛י) house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
- Genesis 24:40 — And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house (אָבִֽי):
- Genesis 26:3 — Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father (אָבִֽיךָ);
- Genesis 26:15 — For all the wells which his father’s (אָבִ֔יו) servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
- Genesis 26:15 — For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father (אָבִ֑יו), the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
- Genesis 26:18 — And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father (אָבִ֔יו); for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
- Genesis 26:18 — And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father (אָבִֽיו) had called them.
- Genesis 26:24 — And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father (אָבִ֑יךָ): fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
- Genesis 27:6 — And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father (אָבִ֔יךָ) speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
- Genesis 27:9 — Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father (לְאָבִ֖יךָ), such as he loveth:
- Genesis 27:10 — And thou shalt bring it to thy father (לְאָבִ֖יךָ), that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
- Genesis 27:12 — My father (אָבִ֔י) peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
- Genesis 27:14 — And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father (אָבִֽיו) loved.
- Genesis 27:18 — And he came unto his father (אָבִ֖יו), and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
- Genesis 27:18 — And he came unto his father, and said, My father (אָבִ֑י): and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
- Genesis 27:19 — And Jacob said unto his father (אָבִ֗יו), I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.