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ahab

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ahab.

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Why fuss over what happens when you toss Ahab over when Ahab poses a nearly immediate threat to your well-being?

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Quick take

A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible.

noun

A male given name from Hebrew, very rarely used.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ahab.

noun

A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible.

noun

A male given name from Hebrew, very rarely used.

Example sentences

1

Why fuss over what happens when you toss Ahab over when Ahab poses a nearly immediate threat to your well-being?

2

Could this be the shirt that Ahab was wearing at the road house, which looks blue in the security footage?

3

It is their loss, the modern reader needs to take a cue from Ahab and not give up on Moby Dick.

4

You question what happens when we throw Ahab overboard while ignoring the fact that each passing minute and hour you let Ahab run free, your security and well-being are threatened.

5

The Ahab nib just gouges tracks into paper, and the pen reeks.

6

What happens when you mutiny and throw Ahab overboard: the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror; the Soviet Union; the Killing Fields in Cambodia.

7

Is this a Captain Ahab thing where Facebook is the whale?

8

I think their objection is more that Ahab was all about killing them...

9

So chucking Ahab overboard when we do not know what course to set after is a bad idea, but chucking him overboard if he threatens to sink the ship is a good idea.

10

I'd recommend a Noodler's Ahab ($23.66 on Amazon).

11

They were neck deep in the McDonnell Douglas metastasis at the time, and doing an impression of Captain Ahab in trying to union bust in Seattle by fucking off to South Carolina.

12

I’ve also got a noodler ahab that’s been going strong for years- vegetable resin body, plastic everything else except the metal nib, clip and ring around the opening of the cap.

Quote examples

1

They succeed, and have for many years, but I tend to think of them as one of the whales that gelled technical "Ahab" teams that understand the value of the hacker culture will take down one by one over the next 20-40 years.

2

It was used in the Bible by King Ahab, the epitome of evil, to condemn those who sought justice as "anti-Israel" ("ocher Yisrael," in the original Hebrew, roughly "hater of Israel," or "disturber of Israel").

Proper noun examples

1

So many comments, other than yours, around here engage in deep thinking about the profits or losses of Captain Ahab...

2

In other words, the consultants had their workers rebranded as unaffilated volunteers despite getting a pay day worthy of Ahab's undying devotion.

3

I got similar results with my previous two purchases, clipping.'s Dead Channel Sky and Captain Ahab's The End of Irony.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ahab in a sentence?

Why fuss over what happens when you toss Ahab over when Ahab poses a nearly immediate threat to your well-being?

What does ahab mean?

A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible.

What part of speech is ahab?

ahab is commonly used as noun.