Ahab (Hebrew: אַחְאָב, ModernAẖ'av, TiberianʼAḥʼāḇ; "Brother of the father"; Akkadian:Aḫabbu; Greek:Αχααβ; Latin:Achab) was the seventh king of Israel since Jeroboam I, the son and successor of Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Scriptures.