Every Name in Tanakh

אָב Ab

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

Other nameGematria 13×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

In a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 2 Chronicles 2:12 and last at 2 Chronicles 4:16.

2 Chronicles 2:12דברי הימים ב ב:יב

וְעַתָּה שָׁלַחְתִּי אִישׁ־חָכָם יוֹדֵעַ בִּינָה לְחוּרָם אָבִֽי

And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, even Huram my master craftsman,

2 Chronicles 4:16דברי הימים ב ד:טז

וְאֶת־הַסִּירוֹת וְאֶת־הַיָּעִים וְאֶת־הַמִּזְלָגוֹת וְאֶת־כָּל־כְּלֵיהֶם עָשָׂה חוּרָם אָבִיו לַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה לְבֵית יְהוָה נְחֹשֶׁת מָרֽוּק

The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels thereof, did Huram his master craftsman make for king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Ab?

Ab — אבי in Hebrew — has a gematria of 13 in the standard method.

How many times is Ab named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at 2 Chronicles 2:12.

A spelling is not a name. The written word אבי stands 206 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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