Ahab

American  

[ey-hab] / ˈeɪ hæb /

noun

1. Bible. a king of Israel and husband of Jezebel, reigned 874?–853? b.c. null Achab

2. Literature. the captain of the ship Pequod and tragic hero of Melville's Moby Dick, obsessed with the pursuit of the white whale.

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Ahab British  

/ ˈeɪhæb /

noun

1. Old Testament the king of Israel from approximately 869 to 850 _bc and husband of Jezebel: rebuked by Elijah (I Kings 16:29–22:40)

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Etymology

Origin of Ahab

From Hebrew Aḥʾābh, probably “father's brother”

Example Sentences

In Guo’s re-reading, it is not just Ishmael that was recast, as Ahab now appears in the form of a freed black man named Seneca.

From Los Angeles Times

The art was reissued later that year by Random House in a one-volume trade edition, helping to make Kent’s turbulent engravings—of Captain Ahab, the Pequod’s crew and the elusive white whale—iconic.

From The Wall Street Journal

Imagine how Sacramento’s Captain Ahabs will pursue flight risks when tens of billions of dollars in tax revenue are at stake.

From The Wall Street Journal

Like Herman Melville’s Captain Ahab in pursuit of his whale, Mr. Tesson is drawn to “The White,” his mythic name for mountain snowscapes.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was a favorite punching bag of the mainstream media, a slovenly suburban Ahab doomed to fail.

From Los Angeles Times