Ahab

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
2/4/2020, 9:06 PM	Mike C	update #107
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
6/13/2019, 12:17 AM	Mike C	update #104
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
10/20/2016, 1:17 AM	Mike C	update #93
9/1/2013, 10:30 PM	Mike C	update #87
10/10/2012, 5:50 PM	Mike C	update #84
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Biblical, Biblical Latin

Scripts אַחְאָב(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈeɪ.hæb/(English)

Meaning & History

Means "uncle" in Hebrew, from the combination of אָח (ʾaḥ) meaning "brother" and אָב (ʾav) meaning "father". This was the name of a king of Israel, the husband of Jezebel, as told in the Old Testament. He was admonished by Elijah for his sinful behaviour. Herman Melville later used this name in his novel Moby-Dick (1851), where it belongs to a sea captain obsessively hunting for a white whale.