"Ahab" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈeɪˌhæb/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Middle English Achab, from Latin Achab, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαάβ (Akhaáb), from Hebrew אַחְאָב (ʼAḥʼāḇ, “uncle”); from אַח (ʼaḥ, “brother”) + אָב (ʼāḇ, “father”). Attested in Akkadian as 𒀀𒄩𒀊𒁍 (Aḫabbu). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Achab}} Middle English Achab, {{der|en|la|Achab}} Latin Achab, {{der|en|grc|Ἀχαάβ}} Ancient Greek Ἀχαάβ (Akhaáb), {{der|en|he|אַחְאָב||uncle|tr=ʼAḥʼāḇ}} Hebrew אַחְאָב (ʼAḥʼāḇ, “uncle”), {{m|he|אַח||brother|tr=ʼaḥ}} אַח (ʼaḥ, “brother”), {{m|he|אָב||father|tr=ʼāḇ}} אָב (ʼāḇ, “father”), {{l|akk|𒀀𒄩𒀊𒁍|tr=Aḫabbu}} 𒀀𒄩𒀊𒁍 (Aḫabbu) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ahab
  1. A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible. Categories (topical): Biblical characters Translations (biblical king of Israel): 𒀀𒄩𒀊𒁍 (Aḫâbbu) (Akkadian), Ἀχαάβ (Akhaáb) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 亞哈 (Chinese Mandarin), 亚哈 (Yàhā) (Chinese Mandarin), Achab (Dutch), Aĥabo (Esperanto), Achab (French), Ahab (German), אַחְאָב (Ach'av) (Hebrew), Acháb [masculine] (Irish), Achābus [masculine] (Latin), Ahaɓu (Maore Comorian), Achab (Middle English), Acabe [masculine] (Portuguese), Acab [masculine] (Portuguese), Аха́в (Axáv) (Russian), Ahab (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Ahab-en-name-aBv7TXWj Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'biblical king of Israel': 99 1
  2. A male given name from Hebrew, very rarely used. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names, Individuals
    Sense id: en-Ahab-en-name-uEIsujns Disambiguation of Individuals: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Moby-Dick Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Moby-Dick: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Achab (english: perhaps dated)

Alternative forms

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