'ab <1>
ba 'ab
| Pronunciation: | awb |
| Origin: | a root |
| Reference: | TWOT - 4a |
| PrtSpch: | noun masculine |
| In AV: | father 1205, chief 2, families 2, desire 1, fatherless + 0369 1, forefathers + 07223 1, patrimony 1, prince 1, principal 1 |
| Count: | 1215 |
| Definition: | 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.) a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application):-chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-". |
