ahab

noun

1. a king of Israel and husband of Jezebel, reigned 874?–853? b.c. I Kings 16–22.
2. captain of the ship Pequod and tragic hero of Melville’s Moby Dick, obsessed with the pursuit of the white whale.

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)