"Achab" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Achab
  1. (possibly dated, now less commonly used by native speakers) Alternative form of Ahab. Tags: alt-of, alternative, dated, possibly, uncommon Alternative form of: Ahab
    Sense id: en-Achab-en-name-PJm8x23V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "1857, The Holy Bible Translated from the Latin Vulgate, James Duffy (publ.), III Kings (I Kings) XXI, 2, page 260.\nAnd Achab spoke to Naboth, saying: Give me thy vineyard, that I may make me a garden of herbs, because it is nigh, and joining to my house, and I will give thee for it a better vineyard; or if thou think it more convenient for thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.",
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          "text": "1875, Liévin de Hamme (OFM), Guide to the Holy Places and Historical Sites in the Holy Land, C. Poelman (publ.), page 407.\nAchab called on all the prophets of Baal to prophesy, and they were unanimous in saying he would be victorious.",
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          "text": "1995, Fabrizio Lomonaco, \"Huguenot Critical Theory and \"Ius Maiestatis\" in Huber and Althusius\", in John Christian Laursen (ed.), New Essays on the Political Thought of the Huguenots of the Refuge, E. J. Brill (publ.), page 180.\nAchab, king of Samaria, was punished by God for being possessed unjustly of the vineyard of Naboth (Kings III, 21), but was still allowed under the constitution to commit an iniquitous act: […]",
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