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Lexicon :: Strong's H14 - 'āḇâ

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אָבָה
Transliteration
'āḇâ
Pronunciation
aw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 3

Strong’s Definitions

אָבָה ʼâbâh, aw-baw'; a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent:—consent, rest content will, be willing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H14 in the following manner: would (42x), will (4x), willing (4x), consent (3x), rest content (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H14 in the following manner: would (42x), will (4x), willing (4x), consent (3x), rest content (1x).

  1. to be willing, consent

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be willing

      2. to consent, yield to, accept

      3. to desire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָבָה ʼâbâh, aw-baw'; a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent:—consent, rest content will, be willing.
STRONGS H14: Abbreviations
† I. אָבָה verb be willing, consent (compare Assyrian abîtu, command, DlW, Ethiopic አበየ፡ refuse, Arabic أَبَى, id., Nejd be willing SoDe Jes 3, p. 26; LCB 1880, 817) —
Qal (with לֹא, אַל except Isaiah 1:19; Job 39:9; in Hexateuch rare & only J E D, including Leviticus 26:21); Perfect אָבָה Exodus 10:27 + אָבוּ Judges 19:25 + 7 times; אָבוּא Isaiah 28:12 (Sta§ 31 R. 2; Kö1, 414); Imperfect יֹאבֶה Deuteronomy 29:19 + 2 times; 2nd person masculine singular jussive תֹּבֵא Proverbs 1:10 (Sta§ 143 e 1 fin; Kö1, 576 f) etc.; Participle אֹבִים Ezekiel 3:7; — be willing, followed by Infinitive with ל Exodus 10:27 + 29 times; without ל Deuteronomy 2:30 + 8 times; subject י׳ Deuteronomy 10:10; Deuteronomy 23:6; Deuteronomy 29:19; Joshua 24:10; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 13:23; 2 Kings 24:4; 2 Chronicles 21:7; human subject Genesis 24:5, 8; Judges 19:10; 2 Samuel 2:21; 2 Samuel 13:25; 2 Samuel 14:29 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 23:16, 17 = 1 Chronicles 11:18, 19; 1 Chronicles 19:19; in bad sense Exodus 10:27; Deuteronomy 2:30; Deuteronomy 25:7; Judges 19:25; Judges 20:13; 2 Samuel 13:14, 16; especially of perverse Israel Leviticus 26:21; Deuteronomy 1:26; 1 Samuel 15:9; Isaiah 28:12; Isaiah 30:9; Isaiah 42:24; Ezekiel 3:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 20:8; subject animal, רֵים Job 39:9; absolute (no Infinitive) 2 Samuel 12:17; 1 Kings 20:8; 1 Kings 22:50; compare Proverbs 6:35, of jealous man; bad sense Judges 11:17; Isaiah 30:15; good sense 1 Samuel 22:17; 1 Samuel 26:23; 1 Samuel 31:4 = 1 Chronicles 10:4; 2 Samuel 6:10; Proverbs 1:10; + finite verb Isaiah 1:19 (אִם תּאֹבוּ וּשְׁמַעְתֶּם); consent, yield to, followed by לוֺ Deuteronomy 13:9 (good sense); followed by לִי Psalm 81:12; followed by לַעֲצָתִי Proverbs 1:30; followed by accusative תּוֺכַחְתִּי Proverbs 1:25 (all in bad sense).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:5; 24:8

Exodus

10:27; 10:27; 10:27

Leviticus

26:21; 26:21

Deuteronomy

1:26; 2:30; 2:30; 10:10; 13:9; 23:6; 25:7; 29:19; 29:19

Joshua

24:10

Judges

11:17; 19:10; 19:25; 19:25; 20:13

1 Samuel

15:9; 22:17; 26:23; 31:4

2 Samuel

2:21; 6:10; 12:17; 13:14; 13:16; 13:25; 14:29; 23:16; 23:17

1 Kings

20:8; 22:50

2 Kings

8:19; 13:23; 24:4

1 Chronicles

10:4; 11:18; 11:19; 19:19

2 Chronicles

21:7

Job

39:9; 39:9

Psalms

81:12

Proverbs

1:10; 1:10; 1:25; 1:30; 6:35

Isaiah

1:19; 1:19; 28:12; 28:12; 30:9; 30:15; 42:24

Ezekiel

3:7; 3:7; 20:8

H14

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Strong's Number H14 matches the Hebrew אָבָה ('āḇâ),
which occurs 54 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - Notwithstanding ye would H14 not go up, H5927 but rebelled H4784 against the commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068 your God: H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - But Sihon H5511 king H4428 of Heshbon H2809 would H14 not let us pass H5674 by him: for the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hardened H7185 his spirit, H7307 and made his heart H3824 obstinate, H553 that he might deliver H5414 him into thy hand, H3027 as appeareth this day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:10 - But I would H14 not hearken H8085 unto Balaam; H1109 therefore he blessed H1288 you still: H1288 so I delivered H5337 you out of his hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man H376 would H14 not tarry that night, H3885 but he rose up H6965 and departed, H3212 and came H935 over against H5227 Jebus, H2982 which is Jerusalem; H3389 and there were with him two H6776 asses H2543 saddled, H2280 his concubine H6370 also was with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men H582 would H14 not hearken H8085 to him: so the man H376 took H2388 his concubine, H6370 and brought H3318 her forth H2351 unto them; and they knew H3045 her, and abused H5953 her all the night H3915 until the morning: H1242 and when the day H7837 began to spring, H5927 they let her go. H7971

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul H7586 and the people H5971 spared H2550 Agag, H90 and the best H4315 of the sheep, H6629 and of the oxen, H1241 and of the fatlings, H4932 and the lambs, H3733 and all that was good, H2896 and would H14 not utterly destroy H2763 them: but every thing H4399 that was vile H5240 and refuse, H4549 that they destroyed utterly. H2763

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - And the king H4428 said H559 unto the footmen H7323 that stood H5324 about him, Turn, H5437 and slay H4191 the priests H3548 of the LORD; H3068 because their hand H3027 also is with David, H1732 and because they knew H3045 when he fled, H1272 and did not shew H1540 H241 it to me. But the servants H5650 of the king H4428 would H14 not put forth H7971 their hand H3027 to fall H6293 upon the priests H3548 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - So David H1732 would H14 not remove H5493 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 unto him into the city H5892 of David: H1732 but David H1732 carried it aside H5186 into the house H1004 of Obededom H5654 the Gittite. H1663

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - And the elders H2205 of his house H1004 arose, H6965 and went to him, to raise him up H6965 from the earth: H776 but he would H14 not, neither did he eat H1262 bread H3899 with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - Howbeit he would H14 not hearken H8085 unto her voice: H6963 but, being stronger H2388 than she, forced H6031 her, and lay H7901 with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:16 - And she said H559 unto him, There is no cause: H182 this evil H7451 in sending me away H7971 is greater H1419 than the other H312 that thou didst H6213 unto me. But he would H14 not hearken H8085 unto her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - And the king H4428 said H559 to Absalom, H53 Nay, my son, H1121 let us not all now go, H3212 lest we be chargeable H3513 unto thee. And he pressed H6555 him: howbeit he would H14 not go, H3212 but blessed H1288 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - Therefore Absalom H53 sent H7971 for Joab, H3097 to have sent H7971 him to the king; H4428 but he would H14 not come H935 to him: and when he sent again H7971 the second time, H8145 he would H14 not come. H935

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - And also for the innocent H5355 blood H1818 that he shed: H8210 for he filled H4390 Jerusalem H3389 with innocent H5355 blood; H1818 which the LORD H3068 would H14 not pardon. H5545

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - And said, H559 My God H430 forbid H2486 it me, that I should do H6213 this thing: H2063 shall I drink H8354 the blood H1818 of these men H582 that have put their lives in jeopardy? H5315 for with the jeopardy of their lives H5315 they brought H935 it. Therefore he would H14 not drink H8354 it. These things did H6213 these three H7969 mightiest. H1368

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 - My son, H1121 if sinners H2400 entice H6601 thee, consent H14 thou not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 - But ye have set at nought H6544 all my counsel, H6098 and would H14 none of my reproof: H8433

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