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 24:4 - And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, H1 and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. H1

1 Chronicles 24:6 - And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers H1 of the priests and Levites: one principal H1 household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:19 - These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, H1 as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

1 Chronicles 24:30 - The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. H1

1 Chronicles 24:31 - These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers H1 of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers H1 over against their younger brethren.

1 Chronicles 25:3 - Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father H1 Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

1 Chronicles 25:6 - All these were under the hands of their father H1 for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

1 Chronicles 26:6 - Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: H1 for they were mighty men of valour.

1 Chronicles 26:10 - Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father H1 made him the chief;)

1 Chronicles 26:13 - And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, H1 for every gate.

1 Chronicles 26:21 - As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, H1 even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.

1 Chronicles 26:26 - Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, H1 the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

1 Chronicles 26:31 - Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. H1 In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 26:32 - And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, H1 whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.

1 Chronicles 27:1 - Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers H1 and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 28:4 - Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father H1 to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; H1 and among the sons of my father H1 he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

1 Chronicles 28:6 - And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. H1

1 Chronicles 28:9 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, H1 and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

1 Chronicles 29:6 - Then the chief of the fathers H1 and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,

1 Chronicles 29:10 - Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, H1 for ever and ever.

1 Chronicles 29:15 - For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: H1 our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

1 Chronicles 29:18 - O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, H1 keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

1 Chronicles 29:20 - And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, H1 and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.

1 Chronicles 29:23 - Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, H1 and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

2 Chronicles 1:2 - Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. H1

2 Chronicles 1:8 - And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, H1 and hast made me to reign in his stead.

2 Chronicles 1:9 - Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father H1 be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

2 Chronicles 2:3 - And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, H1 and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

2 Chronicles 2:7 - Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father H1 did provide.

2 Chronicles 2:13 - And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, H1

2 Chronicles 2:14 - The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father H1 was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. H1

2 Chronicles 2:17 - And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father H1 had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

2 Chronicles 3:1 - Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, H1 in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 Chronicles 4:16 - The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father H1 make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

2 Chronicles 5:1 - Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father H1 had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.

2 Chronicles 5:2 - Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers H1 of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

2 Chronicles 6:4 - And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father H1 David, saying,

2 Chronicles 6:7 - Now it was in the heart of David my father H1 to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:8 - But the LORD said to David my father, H1 Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:

2 Chronicles 6:10 - The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, H1 and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:15 - Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father H1 that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

2 Chronicles 6:16 - Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father H1 that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

2 Chronicles 6:25 - Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. H1

2 Chronicles 6:31 - That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. H1

2 Chronicles 6:38 - If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, H1 and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

2 Chronicles 7:17 - And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father H1 walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

2 Chronicles 7:18 - Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, H1 saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

2 Chronicles 7:22 - And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, H1 which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

2 Chronicles 8:14 - And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, H1 the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

2 Chronicles 9:31 - And Solomon slept with his fathers, H1 and he was buried in the city of David his father: H1 and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.