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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
Range 1 - 99

h1 'ab {awb}

a root; TWOT - 4a; n m

AV - father 1205, chief 2, families 2, desire 1, fatherless + h369 1, forefathers + h7223 1, patrimony 1, prince 1, principal 1; 1215

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.)

h2 'ab (Aramaic) {ab}

corresponding to h1; TWOT - 2553; n m

AV - father 9; 9

1) father

h3 'eb {abe}

from the same as h24; TWOT - 1a; n m

AV - greenness 1, fruits 1; 2

1) freshness, fresh green, green shoots, or greenery

h4 'eb (Aramaic) {abe}

corresponding to h3; TWOT - 2554; n m

AV - fruit 3; 3

1) fruit, fresh, young, greening

h5 'Abagtha' {ab-ag-thaw'}

of foreign origin;; n pr m

AV - Abagtha 1; 1

Abagtha = "God-given"

1) one of the seven eunuchs in the Persian court of Ahasuerus

h6 'abad {aw-bad'}

a primitive root; TWOT - 2; v

AV - perish 98, destroy 62, lose 10, fail 2, surely 2, utterly 2, broken 1, destruction 1, escape 1, flee 1, spendeth 1, take 1, undone 1, void 1; 184

1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed

1a) (Qal)

1a1) perish, die, be exterminated

1a2) perish, vanish (fig.)

1a3) be lost, strayed

1b) (Piel)

1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate

1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.)

1b3) cause to stray, lose

1c) (Hiphil)

1c1) to destroy, put to death

1c1a) of divine judgment

1c2) object name of kings (fig.)

h7 'abad (Aramaic) {ab-ad'}

corresponding to h6; TWOT - 2555; v

AV - to destroy 5, to perish 2; 7

1) to perish, vanish

1a) (P'al) shall perish

1b) (Aphel) destroy

1c) (Hophal) be destroyed

h8 'obed {o-bade'}

active of participle of h6; TWOT - 2a; n m

AV - perish 2; 2

1) destruction

h9 'abedah {ab-ay-daw'}

from h6; TWOT - 2b; n f

AV - lost thing 3, that which was lost 1; 4

1) a lost thing, something lost

h10 'abaddoh {ab-ad-do'}

the same as h9, incorrectly written for 11; TWOT - 2b; n f

AV - destruction 1; 1

1) a lost thing, something lost, a perishing

h11 'abaddown {ab-ad-done'}

intensive from h6; TWOT - 2d; n pr loc

AV - destruction 6; 6

1) place of destruction, destruction, ruin, Abaddon

h12 'abdan {ab-dawn'}

from h6; TWOT - 2c; n m

AV - destruction 1; 1

1) destruction

h13 'obdan {ob-dawn'}

from h6; TWOT - 2c; n m

AV - destruction 1; 1

1) destruction

h14 'abah {aw-baw'}

a primitive root; TWOT - 3; v

AV - would 42, will 4, willing 4, consent 3, rest content 1; 54

1) to be willing, consent

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to be willing

1a2) to consent, yield to, accept

1a3) to desire

h15 'abeh {aw-beh'}

from h14; TWOT - 3; n f

AV - desire 1; 1

1) entreat, longing, desire

h16 'ebeh {ay-beh'}

from h14 (in the sense of bending toward); TWOT - 3c; n m

AV - swift 1; 1

1) reed, papyrus

h17 'abowy {ab-o'ee}

from h14 (in the sense of desiring); TWOT - 3d; interj

AV - sorrow 1; 1

1) Oh!, Woe!, (exclamation of pain -- indicates desire or uneasiness)

h18 'ebuwc {ay-booce'}

from h75; TWOT - 10a; n m

AV - crib 3; 3

1) crib, manger, feeding trough

h19 'ibchah {ib-khaw'}

from an unused root (apparently meaning to turn); TWOT - 786b; n f

AV - point (of the sword) 1; 1

1) slaughter, flesh, meat, slaughtered meat

h20 'abattiyach {ab-at-tee'-akh}

of uncertain derivation; TWOT - 234a; n m

AV - melons 1; 1

1) watermelon, Egyptian fruit

h21 'Abiy {ab-ee'}

from h1;; n pr f

AV - Abi 1; 1

Abi = "my father"

1) mother of Hezekiah (cf h29)

h22 'Abiy'el {ab-ee-ale'}

from h1 and h410;; n pr m

AV - Abiel 3; 3

Abiel = "El (God) is (my) father"

1) Saul's grandfather

h23 'Abiy'acaph {ab-ee-aw-sawf'}

from h1 and h622;; n pr m

AV - Abiasaph 1; 1

Abiasaph = "my father has gathered"

1) son (descendant) of Korah

h24 'abiyb {aw-beeb'}

from an unused root (meaning to be tender); TWOT - 1b; n m

AV - Abib 6, in the ear 1, green ears of corn 1; 8

1) fresh, young barley ears, barley

2) month of ear-forming, of greening of crop, of growing green Abib, month of exodus and passover (March or April)

h25 'Abiy Gib`own {ab-ee' ghib-one'}

from h1 and h1391;; n pr m

AV - father of Gibeon 2; 2

Abi Gibon = "father of Gibeon"

1) site of great Bamah, location of the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place

h26 'Abiygayil {ab-ee-gah'-yil}

or shorter 'Abiygal {ab-ee-gal'} from h1 and h1524;; n pr f

AV - Abigail 17; 17

Abigail = "my father is joy"

1) wife of Nabal, then of David

2) sister of David

h27 'Abiydan {ab-ee-dawn'}

from h1 and h1777;; n pr m

AV - Abidan 5; 5

Abidan = "my father is judge"

1) a prince (ruler) of Benjamin

h28 'Abiyda` {ab-ee-daw'}

from h1 and h3045;; n pr m

AV - Abida 2; 2

Abida or Abidah = "my father knows"

1) fourth son of Midian and grandson of Abraham by his wife Keturah (after Sarah died)

h29 'Abiyah {ab-ee-yaw'}

or prolonged 'Abiyahuw {ab-ee-yaw'-hoo} from h1 and h3050;; n pr m

AV - Abijah 20, Abiah 4, Abia 1; 25

Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father"

1) king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam

2) second son of Samuel

3) son of Jeroboam the first, king of Israel

4) son of Becher, a Benjamite

5) head of a priestly house (one of the 24 Levite groups)

6) head of a priestly house (after the exile)

7) wife of Hezron

8) mother of Hezekiah (cf h21)

h30 'Abiyhuw' {ab-ee-hoo'}

from h1 and h1931;; n pr m

AV - Abihu 12; 12

Abihu = "he is (my) father"

1) a son of Aaron destroyed for sacrificing strange fire to God

h31 'Abiyhuwd {ab-ee-hood'}

from h1 and h1935;; n pr m

AV - Ahihud 1; 1

Ahihud = "my father is majesty"

1) son of Bela, a Benjamite

h32 'Abiyhayil {ab-ee-hah'-yil}

or (more correctly) 'Abiychayil {ab-ee-khah'-yil} from h1 and h2428;; n pr m

AV - Abihail 6; 6

Abihail = "my father is might"

1) a Levite in Moses's time

2) a Gadite

3) father of Esther

4) wife of Abishur

5) wife of Rehoboam

h33 'Abiy ha-`Ezriy {ab-ee'-haw-ez-ree'}

from h44 with the article inserted;; n pr m

AV - Abiezrite 3; 3

Abiezrite = "my father is help"

1) one of the family of Abiezer, a descendant of Joseph's son, Manasseh

h34 'ebyown {eb-yone'}

from h14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling); TWOT - 3a; m adj

AV - needy 35, poor 24, beggar 1, poor man 1; 61

1) in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person

2) subject to oppression and abuse

3) needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God

4) general reference to lowest class

h35 'abiyownah {ab-ee-yo-naw'}

from h14; TWOT - 3b; n f

AV - desire 1; 1

1) caper-berry - of stimulating desire

h36 'Abiytuwb {ab-ee-toob'}

from h1 and h2898;; n pr m

AV - Ahitub 1; 1

Ahitub = "my father is good(ness)"

1) son of Shaharaim, a Benjamite

h37 'Abiytal {ab-ee-tal'}

from h1 and h2919;; n pr f

AV - Abital 2; 2

Abital = "my father is (the) dew"

1) a wife of David

h38 'Abiyam {ab-ee-yawm'}

from h1 and h3220;; n pr m

AV - Abijam 5; 5

Abijam = "my father is the sea" or "Yah(u) is (my) father"

1) king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam

h39 'Abiyma'el {ab-ee-maw-ale'}

from h1 and an elsewhere unused (probably foreign) word; n pr m

AV - Abimael 2; 2

Abimael = "my father is El (God)"

1) son of Joktan, descendant of Shem

h40 'Abiymelek {ab-ee-mel'-ek}

from h1 and h4428;; n pr m

AV - Abimelech 67; 67

Abimelech = "Melek is father" or "my father is king"

1) king of Gerar in Abraham's time

2) king of Gath in David's time; maybe title of Philistine kings

3) son of Gideon by a concubine

4) priest, son of Abiathar

h41 'Abiynadab {ab-ee-naw-dawb'}

from h1 and h5068;; n pr m

AV - Abinadab 12; 12

Abinadab = "my father is noble" or "my father is willing"

1) a man of Gibeah who sheltered the ark

2) second son of Jesse, David's older brother

3) a son of Saul, slain with him by the Philistines

h42 'Abiyno`am {ab-ee-no'-am}

from h1 and h5278;; n pr m

AV - Abinoam 4; 4

Abinoam = "my father is delight"

1) father of Barak, descendant of Naphtali

h43 'Ebyacaph {eb-yaw-sawf'}

contracted from h23;; n pr m

AV - Ebiasaph 3; 3

Ebiasaph = "my father has gathered"

1) a son or descendant of Korah

h44 'Abiy`ezer {ab-ee-ay'-zer}

from h1 and h5829;; n pr m

AV - Abiezer 7; 7

Abiezer = "my father is help"

1) a Manassite, called "son" of Gilead, also son of Gilead's sister

2) a Benjamite, warrior of David

h45 'Abiy-`albown {ab-ee-al-bone'}

from h1 and an unused root of uncertain derivation;; n pr m

AV - Abialbon 1; 1

Abialbon = "El (God) is my father"

1) one of David's mighty men (hero)

h46 'abiyr {aw-beer'}

from h82; TWOT - 13c; adj m

AV - might (One) 6; 6

1) strong, mighty - used only to describe God

2) the Strong - old name for God (poetic)

h47 'abbiyr {ab-beer'}

for h46; TWOT - 13d; adj m

AV - bulls 4, strong (ones) 4, mighty 3, stouthearted 2, valiant 2, angels 1, chiefest 1; 17

1) mighty, valiant

1a) of men

1b) of angels

1c) of animals

1d) (metaph)

1d1) of enemies

1d2) of princes

1d3) of sacrificial objects

1e) obstinate (fig.)

h48 'Abiyram {ab-ee-rawm'}

from h1 and h7311;; n pr m

AV - Abiram 11; 11

Abiram = "my father is exalted" or "(the) Exalted One is (my) father"

1) a Reubenite, son of Eliab in exodus

2) son of Hiel the Bethelite who worked to rebuild Jericho

h49 'Abiyshag {ab-ee-shag'}

from h1 and h7686;; n pr f

AV - Abishag 5; 5

Abishag = "my father is a wanderer"

1) David's beautiful young nurse

h50 'Abiyshuwae {ab-ee-shoo'-ah}

from h1 and h7771;; n pr m

AV - Abishua 5; 5

Abishua = "my father is rescue (safety), or is opulence"

1) son of Phinehas, grandson of Aaron

h51 'Abiyshuwr {ab-ee-shoor'}

from h1 and h7791;; n pr m

AV - Abishur 2; 2

Abishur = "my father is a wall"

1) son of Shammai, descendant of Judah

h52 'Abiyshay {ab-ee-shah'ee}

or (shorter) 'Abshay {ab-shah'ee} from h1 and h7862;; n pr m

AV - Abishai 25; 25

Abishai = "my father is Jesse" or "my father is a gift"

1) grandson of Jesse, nephew of David via his sister Zeruiah, brother of Joab

h53 'Abiyshalowm {ab-ee-shaw-lome'}

or (shortened) 'Abshalowm {ab-shaw-lome'} from h1 and h7965;; n pr m

AV - Absalom 109, Abishalom 2; 111

Absalom or Abishalom = "my father is peace"

1) father-in-law of Rehoboam

2) third son of David, killer of first-born son Amnon, also leader of revolt against his father - David

h54 'Ebyathar {ab-yaw-thawr'}

contracted from h1 and h3498;; n pr m

AV - Abiathar 30; 30

Abiathar = "my father is great"

1) priest, son of Ahitub (Ahimelech), faithful to David, but later rebelled with Adonijah

h55 'abak {aw-bak'}

a primitive root; TWOT - 5; v

AV - mount up 1; 1

1) to roll, turn

1a) (Hithpael) to roll, roll up, billow

h56 'abal {aw-bal'}

a primitive root; TWOT - 6; v

AV - mourn 36, lament 3; 39

1) to mourn, lament

1a) (Qal) to mourn, lament

1a1) of humans

1a2) of inanimate objects (fig.)

1a2a) of gates

1a2b) of land

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to mourn, cause to mourn (fig.)

1c) (Hithpael)

1c1) to mourn

1c2) play the mourner

h57 'abel {aw-bale'}

from h56; TWOT - 6b; adj

AV - mourn 8; 8

1) mourning

1a) for the dead

1b) because of calamity

1c) of rites of mourning

2) mourner (subst.)

2a) for the dead

2b) for calamity

h58 'abel {aw-bale'}

from an unused root (meaning to be grassy); TWOT - 7a; n f

AV - plain 1; 1

1) meadow (from verb - to grow green, to withstand)

h59 'Abel {aw-bale'}

from h58;; n pr loc

AV - Abel 4; 4

1) city in northern Israel near Bethmaachah

2) the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh

h60 'ebel {ay'-bel}

from h56; TWOT - 6a; n m

AV - mourning 24; 24

1) mourning

1a) for the dead

1b) for rites of mourning (metaph)

1c) mourning garb

1d) period of mourning

h61 'abal {ab-awl'}

apparently from h56 through the idea of negation; TWOT - 8; adv

AV - but 4, verily 3, indeed 2, nevertheless 2; 11

1) truly, verily, surely

2) but, however, howbeit

3) contrariwise, nay rather (neg.)

h62 'Abel Beyth-Ma`akah {aw-bale' bayth ma-a-kaw'}

from h58 and h1004 and h4601;; n pr loc

AV - Abelbethmaachah 2; 2

Abel Beth Maachah = "meadow of the house of Maachah"

1) city in northern Israel near Beth Maachah

h63 'Abel hash-Shittiym {aw-bale' hash-shit-teem'}

from h58 and the plural of h7848, with the article inserted;; n pr loc

AV - Abelshittim 1; 1

Abel Shittim = "meadow of acacias"

1) place in lowlands of Moab

h64 'Abel K@ramiym {aw-bale' ker-aw-meem'}

from h58 and the plural of h3754;; n pr loc

AV - plain of the vineyards 1; 1

Abel Keramim = "meadow of the vineyards"

1) a place in Ammon

h65 'Abel M@chowlah {aw-bale' mekh-o-law'}

from h58 and h4246;; n pr loc

AV - Abelmeholah 3; 3

Abel Meholah = "meadow of dancing"

1) a city of Issachar, birthplace of Elisha

h66 'Abel Mayim {aw-bale' mah'-yim}

from h58 and h4325;; n pr loc

AV - Abelmaim 1; 1

Abel Maim = "meadow of waters"

1) a city in northern Israel (perhaps Abel Beth Maachah)

h67 'Abel Mitsrayim {aw-bale' mits-rah'-yim}

from h58 and h4714;; n pr loc

AV - Abelmizraim 1; 1

Abel Mizraim = "meadow of Egypt"

1) a place east of the Jordan (perhaps "as fertile as Egypt")

h68 'eben {eh'-ben}

from the root of h1129 through the meaning to build; TWOT - 9; n f

AV - stone(s) 247, weight(s) 7, divers weights + h68 3, hailstones 3, stony 2, carbuncle + h688 1, hailstones + h1259 1, hailstones + h417 1, headstone 1, masons + h7023 1, plummet 1, slingstones 1; 272

1) stone (large or small)

1a) common stone (in natural state)

1b) stone, as material

1b1) of tablets

1b2) marble, hewn stones

1c) precious stones, stones of fire

1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon

1e) weight

1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal

1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice

1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines

1i) (simile)

1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness

1i2) strength, firmness, solidity

1i3) commonness

1j) (metaph)

1j1) petrified with terror

1j2) perverse, hard heart

h69 'eben (Aramaic) {eh'-ben}

corresponding to h68; TWOT - 2556; n f

AV - stone(s) 8; 8

1) stone

1a) a (the) stone

1b) stone, material of idols and buildings

h70 'oben {o'ben}

from the same as h68; TWOT - 9a; n m

AV - stools 1, wheels 1; 2

1) wheel, disc

1a) potter's wheel

1b) bearing-stool, midwife's stool

h71 'Abanah {ab-aw-naw'}

perhaps f of h68;; n

AV - Abana 1; 1

1) river Abana, Syrian river flowing through Damascus

h72 'Eben ha-`ezer {eh'-ben haw-e'-zer}

from h68 and h5828 with the article inserted;; n

AV - Ebenezer 3; 3

Ebenezer = "stone of help"

1) memorial stone erected by Samuel to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines - north of Jerusalem

h73 'abnet {ab-nate'}

of uncertain derivation; TWOT - 256a; n m

AV - girdle(s) 9; 9

1) girdle, sash, waistband

1a) of high priest

1b) of other priests

1c) of high official

h74 'Abner {ab-nare'}

or (fully) 'Abiyner {ab-ee-nare'} from h1 and h5216;; n pr m

AV - Abner 63; 63

Abner = "my father is a lamp"

1) Saul's cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab

h75 'abac {aw-bas'}

a primitive root; TWOT - 10; v

AV - fatted 1, stalled 1; 2

1) to feed, fatten

1a) (Qal) fattened (passive participle)

h76 'aba`bu`ah {ab-ah-boo-aw'}

(by reduplication) from an unused root (meaning to belch forth); TWOT - 217a; n f

AV - blains 2; 2

1) blisters, boils (from root, to swell up)

h77 'Ebets {eh'-bets}

from an unused root probably meaning to gleam;; n pr loc

AV - Abez 1; 1

Abez = "I will make white (or miry)"

1) a city in Issachar

h78 'Ibtsan {ib-tsawn'}

from the same as h76;; n pr m

AV - Ibzan 2; 2

Ibzan, "their whiteness (literally their tin -- as white"

1) a Bethlehemite judge in time of the judges

h79 'abaq {aw-bak'}

a primitive root, probably to float away (as vapour), but used only as denominative from h80; TWOT - 12; v

AV - wrestled 2; 2

1) (Niphal) to wrestle, grapple (get dusty), bedust

h80 'abaq {aw-bawk'}

from root of h79; TWOT - 11a; n m

AV - dust 5, powder 1; 6

1) dust

1a) on ground

1b) clouds (fig.)

h81 'abaqah {ab-aw-kaw'}

f of h80; TWOT - 11b; n f

AV - powders 1; 1

1) aromatic powders, powder

h82 'abar {aw-bar'}

a primitive root; TWOT - 13b; v

AV - fly 1; 1

1) (Hiphil) to fly (to move wings)

h83 'eber {ay-ber'}

from h82; TWOT - 13a; n m

AV - wings 2, winged 1; 3

1) pinion, wing

1a) of bird (dove, eagle)

1b) of Babylonian king (fig.)

h84 'ebrah {eb-raw'}

f of h83; TWOT - 13a; n f

AV - features 2, wings 2; 4

1) pinion, wing

1a) of bird (ostrich, eagle, dove)

1b) of God (metaph)

h85 'Abraham {ab-raw-hawm'}

contracted from h1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); TWOT - 4b; n pr m

AV - Abraham 175; 175

Abraham = "father of a multitude" or "chief of multitude"

1) friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

h86 'abrek {ab-rake'}

probably an Egyptian word meaning kneel; TWOT - 14; exclamation

AV - bow the knee 1; 1

1) (meaning dubious) - a shout made to announce Joseph's chariot

1a) command

1b) bow

h87 'Abram {ab-rawm'}

contracted from h48;; n pr m

AV - Abram 61; 61

Abram = "exalted father"

1) original name of Abraham

h88 'oboth {o-both'}

plural of h178;; n pr loc

AV - Oboth 4; 4

Oboth = "waterskins"

1) undetermined site of an Israelite camp in the wilderness (perhaps at east boundary of Moab)

h89 'Age' {aw-gay'}

of uncertain derivation, compare with h90;; n pr m

AV - Agee 1; 1

Agee = "I shall increase"

1) father of a warrior of David

h90 'Agag {ag-ag'}

or 'Agag {Ag-awg'} of uncertain derivation, compare with h89;; n pr m

AV - Agag 8; 8

Agag = "I will overtop"

1) king of Amalek, spared by Saul but slain by Samuel

h91 'Agagiy {ag-aw-ghee'}

patrial or patronymic from h90;; adj

AV - Agagite 5; 5

Agagite = "I will overtop"

1) said of Haman, Haman the Agagite

h92 'aguddah {ag-ood-daw'}

f passive participle of an unused root (meaning to bind); TWOT - 15a; n f

AV - troop 2, bunch 1, burdens 1; 4

1) band, binding

1a) cords, bands, thongs (metaphorical of slavery)

1b) bunch of hyssop

1c) band of men, troops

1d) vault (of the heavens), firmament (binding earth to the heavens)

h93 'egowz {eg-oze'}

probably of Persian origin; TWOT - 16; n m collective

AV - nuts 1; 1

1) nuts

h94 'Aguwr {aw-goor'}

passive participle of h103;; n pr m

AV - Agur 1; 1

Agur = "gathered"

1) son of Jakeh, an author or compiler of Provs 30

h95 'agowrah {ag-o-raw'}

from the same as h94; TWOT - 23a; n f

AV - piece 1; 1

1) payment, piece, coin

h96 'egel {eh'-ghel}

from an unused root (meaning to flow down or together as drops); TWOT - 17a; n m

AV - drops 1; 1

1) drop, reserve supply, collections, stores

h97 'Eglayim {eg-lah'-yim}

dual of h96;; n pr loc

AV - Eglaim 1; 1

Eglaim = "double reservoir"

1) a town in Moab

h98 'agam {ag-am'}

from an unused root (meaning to collect as water); TWOT - 18a; n m

AV - pools 6, standing 2, reeds 1; 9

1) pool, troubled pool

1a) troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools, marshes

1b) any pool, pond

1c) swamp reeds, reeds, rush(es)

h99 'agem {aw-game'}

probably from the same as h98 (in the sense of stagnant water); TWOT - 18b; adj

AV - pools 1; 1

1) stagnant pond



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