Strong H256H256Hאַחְאָב

Ahab

Transliteration: 'ach'âb 'echâb
Pronunciation: {akh-awb'} ekh-awb'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.29.21;
son of: Kolaiah (H6964H)

Meaning of the name

Ahab = "father's brother"

General definition

The second form used once (by contraction) in ; from H251 and H1; brother (that {is} friend) of (his) father;
{Achab} the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon: - Ahab.

In the biblical story

Ahab

False prophet during the Babylonian exile

Ahab, son of Kolaiah, was a false prophet among the exiles in Babylon. (Jer.29.21)

In the Bible

Strong H256H appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

ahab2

First verses

Jeremiah 29:21
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
Jeremiah 29:22
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;