Strong's Concordance H1

Original Word: אָב
Transliteration: ʼâb
Phonetic Spelling: awb
a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Usages throughout the bible

1 Chronicles 4:4 - And Penuel the father H1 of Gedor, and Ezer the father H1 of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father H1 of Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 4:5 - And Ashur the father H1 of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

1 Chronicles 4:11 - And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father H1 of Eshton.

1 Chronicles 4:12 - And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father H1 of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.

1 Chronicles 4:14 - And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father H1 of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

1 Chronicles 4:17 - And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father H1 of Eshtemoa.

1 Chronicles 4:18 - And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father H1 of Gedor, and Heber the father H1 of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father H1 of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

1 Chronicles 4:19 - And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father H1 of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

1 Chronicles 4:21 - The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father H1 of Lecah, and Laadah the father H1 of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

1 Chronicles 4:38 - These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers H1 increased greatly.

1 Chronicles 5:1 - Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's H1 bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

1 Chronicles 5:13 - And their brethren of the house of their fathers H1 were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

1 Chronicles 5:15 - Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. H1

1 Chronicles 5:24 - And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, H1 even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. H1

1 Chronicles 5:25 - And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, H1 and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

1 Chronicles 6:19 - The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. H1

1 Chronicles 7:2 - And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's H1 house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

1 Chronicles 7:4 - And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, H1 were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.

1 Chronicles 7:7 - And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, H1 mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

1 Chronicles 7:9 - And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, H1 mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.

1 Chronicles 7:11 - All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, H1 mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

1 Chronicles 7:14 - The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father H1 of Gilead:

1 Chronicles 7:22 - And Ephraim their father H1 mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

1 Chronicles 7:31 - And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father H1 of Birzavith.

1 Chronicles 7:40 - All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's H1 house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

1 Chronicles 8:6 - And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers H1 of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:

1 Chronicles 8:10 - And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. H1

1 Chronicles 8:13 - Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers H1 of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

1 Chronicles 8:28 - These were heads of the fathers, H1 by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 8:29 - And at Gibeon dwelt the father H1 of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:

1 Chronicles 9:9 - And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers H1 in the house of their fathers. H1

1 Chronicles 9:13 - And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, H1 a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

1 Chronicles 9:19 - And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, H1 the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, H1 being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.

1 Chronicles 9:33 - And these are the singers, chief of the fathers H1 of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.

1 Chronicles 9:34 - These chief fathers H1 of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 9:35 - And in Gibeon dwelt the father H1 of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:

1 Chronicles 12:17 - And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers H1 look thereon, and rebuke it.

1 Chronicles 12:28 - And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's H1 house twenty and two captains.

1 Chronicles 12:30 - And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers. H1

1 Chronicles 15:12 - And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers H1 of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 17:11 - And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, H1 that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Chronicles 17:13 - I will be his father, H1 and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

1 Chronicles 19:2 - And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father H1 shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. H1 So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

1 Chronicles 19:3 - But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, H1 that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

1 Chronicles 21:17 - And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's H1 house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

1 Chronicles 22:10 - He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; H1 and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

1 Chronicles 23:9 - The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers H1 of Laadan.

1 Chronicles 23:11 - And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's H1 house.

1 Chronicles 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; H1 even the chief of the fathers, H1 as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

1 Chronicles 24:2 - But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, H1 and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.