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Abba

A Syriac word, which signifies _father_. The learned Mr. Abba is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “father.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Person
Strong’s
G0005
Hebrew
אַב · ʼab
Greek
ἀββά · abba
Name meaning
father According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

G0005

ἀββά · abba

Glosses: Abba

Ἀββά (T, -ᾶ), indecl. (Aram, אַבָּא, emphatic form of אַב = Heb. אָב, father), used in the phrase Ἀ.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

H0002

אַב · ʼab

Glosses: father.

{father}

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0012

אַבְדָן · ʼabdân

Glosses: destruction.

a perishing

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0047

אַבִּיר · ʼabbîyr

Glosses: angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.

{mighty (spoken of God)}

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0066

אַבֵל מַיִם · ʼAbêl Mayim

Glosses: Abel-maim.

Abel-Majim, a place in Palestine

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0073

אַבְנֵט · ʼabnêṭ

Glosses: girdle.

a belt

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0074

אַבְנֵר · ʼAbnêr

Glosses: Abner.

Abner, an Israelite

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0085

אַבְרָהָם · ʼAbrâhâm

Glosses: Abraham.

Abraham, the later name of Abram

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0086

אַבְרֵךְ · ʼabrêk

Glosses: bow the knee.

kneel

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0087

אַבְרָם · ʼAbrâm

Glosses: Abram.

Abram, the original name of Abraham

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H1669

דָּאַב · dâʼab

Glosses: mourn, sorrow(-ful).

to pine

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H2968

יָאַב · yâʼab

Glosses: long.

to desire

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H3510

כָּאַב · kâʼab

Glosses: grieving, mar, have pain, make sad (sore), (be) sorrowful.

properly, to feel pain

by implication, to grieve

figuratively, to spoil

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H7579

שָׁאַב · shâʼab

Glosses: (woman to) draw(-er, water).

to bale up water

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H8373

תָּאַב · tâʼab

Glosses: long.

to desire

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H8374

תָּאַב · tâʼab

Glosses: abhor.

to loathe (morally)

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0001

אָב · ʼâb

Glosses: chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0006

אָבַד · ʼâbad

Glosses: break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself

by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0014

אָבָה · ʼâbâh

Glosses: consent, rest content will, be willing.

to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0015

אָבֶה · ʼâbeh

Glosses: desire.

longing

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0024

אָבִיב · ʼâbîyb

Glosses: Abib, ear, green ears of corn (not maize).

green, i.e. a young ear of grain

hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0046

אָבִיר · ʼâbîyr

Glosses: mighty (one).

mighty (spoken of God)

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0055

אָבַךְ · ʼâbak

Glosses: mount up.

probably to coil upward

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0056

אָבַל · ʼâbal

Glosses: lament, mourn.

to bewail

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0057

אָבֵל · ʼâbêl

Glosses: mourn(-er, -ing).

lamenting

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0058

אָבֵל · ʼâbêl

Glosses: plain. Compare also the proper names beginning with Abel-.

a meadow

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0059

אָבֵל · ʼÂbêl

Glosses: Abel.

Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0062

אָבֵל בֵּית־מֲעַכָה · ʼÂbêl Bêyth-Măʻakâh

Glosses: Abel-beth-maachah, Abel of Beth-maachah,

Abel of Beth-maakah, a place in Palestine

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0063

אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים · ʼÂbêl hash-Shiṭṭîym

Glosses: Abelshittim.

Abel hash-Shittim, a place in Palestine

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0064

אָבֵל כְּרָמִים · ʼÂbêl Kᵉrâmîym

Glosses: plain of the vineyards.

Abel-Keramim, a place in Palestine

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0065

אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה · ʼÂbêl Mᵉchôwlâh

Glosses: Abel-meholah.

Abel-Mecholah, a place in Palestine

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0067

אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם · ʼÂbêl Mitsrayim

Glosses: Abel-mizraim.

Abel-Mitsrajim, a place in Palestine

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0075

אָבַס · ʼâbaç

Glosses: fatted, stalled.

to fodder

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0079

אָבַק · ʼâbaq

Glosses: wrestle.

to bedust, i.e. grapple

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0080

אָבָק · ʼâbâq

Glosses: (small) dust, powder.

light particles (as volatile)

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H0082

אָבַר · ʼâbar

Glosses: fly.

to soar

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Abba

father

Source: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ABBA

a Syriac word, which signifies _father_. The learned Mr. Selden, from the Babylonian Gemara, has proved that slaves were not allowed to use the title abba in addressing the master of the family to which they belonged.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Abba

Meaning:
father

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources

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