individual; grandfather (instead of precise term)
Gn 28:13
;
32:10
(
J
; where used of Abr. & Isaac); greatgr.
1 K 15:3
; gr.-greatgr.
1 K 15:11
,
24
etc.;
cf.
2 K 14:
3;
15:38
;
16:2
;
18:3
;
22:2
; often
pl.
(
=
fathers, forefathers
)
Gn 15:15
;
46:34
(JE)
1 K 19:4
;
21:3
,
4 2 K 19:1
2;
20:17
+; particularly
שׁכב עם אבותיו
1 K 1:2
1;
2:10
;
11:21
;
22:40
+; joined with
ויקבר עם אב׳
1 K 14:3
1;
15:24
;
22:51 2 K 8:2
4;
15:38
cf.
v
7,
16:20
+
(all of kings of Judah); intens.,
אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבֹות אֲבֹתֶיךָ
Ex 10:6
cf.
Dn 11:2
4; (
b
) of people
Gn 10:21
(
J
)
17:4
,
5
(
P
)
19:37
,
38
(
J
)
36:9
,
43
(
P
)
Dt 26:5 Is 51:
2;
43:27
(where
אביך הראשׁון
thy first father
,
v. Che
)
cf.
also
Ez 16:3
,
45
+
often;
pl.
Ex 3:1
3,
15
,
16
(
E
)
Dt 1:8 Jos 1:6 Ju 2:1 1 S 12:6
+;
1 S 12:15
ad
fin
read
וּבְמַלְכְּכֶם
Ö
We D
r.
5.
originator
or
patron
of a class, profession, or art
Gn 4:20
,
21
.
6.
fig.
of
producer, generator
Jb 38:28
הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּטָר אָב
(
||
הֹולִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ טִי־
).
7.
fig.
of
benevolence
& protection
Jb 29:16
אָב אָֽנֹכִי לָֽאֶבְיֹונִים
,
cf.
31:1
8; of Eliakim
Is 22:21
; perhaps also of gracious Mess. king
אֲבִי עַד
Is 9:5
everlasting father
(Ge
Ew De Che Brd D
i)—others
divider of spoil
(Abarb
Hi Kn Kue Br
MP).
8.
term of
respect & honour
(
Abbas, Pater, Papa, Pope
); appl. to master
2 K 5:13
; priest
Ju 17:10
;
18:19
; prophet
2 K 2:12
(×2);
6:21
;
13:14
(×2) cf.
8:
9; counsellor
Gn 45:8
(
E
;
cf.
δευτέρου πατρός
Ö
add.
Est 3:13
;
τῷ πατρί
1 Mac 11:3
2); king
1 S
24:12
; artificer
2 Ch 2:12
;
4:16
.
9.
specif.,
ruler, chief
(late)
1 Ch 2:24
,
42
(×2) etc. (
cf.
Ew
§ 273b). See also
Ew
Gesch. i. 524 H i. 365. On the force of
אָב
in proper names (in many prob. a divine title),
v. Che
Ency. Bib.
,
ABI
,
NAMES WITH
Nö
ib., NAMES, §§ 44, 45
.
• אֲבִי־עַלְבֹון S 45 GK 50 n.pr.m. a hero of David 2 S 23:31 read אֲבִיאֵל so Ö 1 Ch 11:3 2, cf. Dr S ( We S אבי־בעל ( v. sub אביאל ); otherwise Klo S.
• אֲבִיאֵל S 22 GK 24 n.pr.m. ( Ēl is ( my ) father , cf. אביהו & Ph. אבבעל (fem.), also אביבעל ; & אבנבעל our father etc.; Abi-ba’al KAT 2 355; v. RS Sem 45. Nö ZMG
Che T. K. Cheyne. We J. Wellhousen. Dr S. R. Driver. Brd C. Brendenkamp. Hi F. Hitzig.
Kn A. Knobel. Kue A. Kuenen. Br circa., Messianic Prophecy. Ew H. Ewals, Geschichte d. Volkes Israel;
H Code of Holiness.
Ency. EB(i), q.v. . Klo Die Bücher Sam. u. d. Könige.