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Psalms 68:6

“God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אָבʼâb · awb
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: אֲבִ֣י — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HNcmsc
Usage: Occurs 1,213 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:24 Genesis 4:20 Genesis 4:21 Genesis 9:18 Genesis 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.

Verse 5 Verse 7

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.