Achab
From the Scriptures themselves
Achab is a name named in Scripture. Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) gives the name's meaning as “brother of the father”. The Scriptures below are what the Bible itself says — they are the whole of this entry, gathered from the King James text. (81 places in all; the first six stand here.)
1 Kings 16:28 — So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 16:29 — And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
1 Kings 16:30 — And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
1 Kings 16:33 — And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
1 Kings 17:1 — And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
1 Kings 18:1 — And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.