H0001G–אָב–av

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

אָבִ֑יו (אָבִ֑י) 'a.Vi “ancestor”

Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

אֲבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ (אֲבוֹתֵ֙י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

אֲבֹתֶ֗יךָ (אֲבֹתֶ֗י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.

הָֽאָב֔וֹת (אָב֔וֹת) 'a.Vot “ancestors”אָ֖ב 'av “an ancestor”

And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.

אָבוֹת֙ 'a.Vot “ancestors”

His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

אֲבֹתָ֑יו (אֲבֹתָ֑י) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

אָבִ֖יו (אָבִ֖י) 'a.Vi “father”

And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֧ם (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

הָאָב֗וֹת (אָב֗וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

אֲבוֹתָם֙ (אֲבוֹתָ) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

הָֽאָב֔וֹת (אָב֔וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

הָאָב֜וֹת (אָב֜וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

הָֽאָב֗וֹת (אָב֗וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

הָֽאָבוֹת֙ (אָבוֹת֙) 'a.Vot “fathers”

Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ (אֲבוֹתֵ֑י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (אֲבֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “fathers”

And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.

אֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ (אֲבֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

הָאָב֥וֹת (אָב֥וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ (אֲבֹתֵ֗י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (אֲבֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

הָאָב֛וֹת (אָב֛וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”אֲבֹתָ֖ם (אֲבֹתָ֖) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

אָבִ֖י (אָבִ֖) 'a.V “father”