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1 Kings 12:4
“Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1 · Hebrew
- Definition
- father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- Derivation
- a primitive word;
- KJV renderings
- chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
- Grammar
- אָבִ֖י — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- ךָ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 1,213 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:24Genesis 4:20Genesis 4:21Genesis 9:18Genesis 9:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.