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Lexicon :: Strong's H5668 - ʿăḇûr

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עֲבוּר
Transliteration
ʿăḇûr
Pronunciation
aw-boor'
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Part of Speech
conjunction, preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass part of עָבַר (H5674)
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TWOT Reference: 1556g

Strong’s Definitions

עָבוּר ʻâbûwr, aw-boor'; or עָבֻר ʻâbur; passive participle of H5674; properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that:—because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H5668 in the following manner: sake, that, because of, to, to the intent that.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H5668 in the following manner: sake, that, because of, to, to the intent that.
preposition

  1. for the sake of, on account of, because of, in order to

    conjunction

  2. in order that

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָבוּר ʻâbûwr, aw-boor'; or עָבֻר ʻâbur; passive participle of H5674; properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that:—because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.
STRONGS H5668: Abbreviations
II. [עָבוּר] noun only in בַּעֲבוּר 47, בַּעֲבֻר (Genesis 27:10, 31), preposition and conjunction for the sake of on account of, in order that (perhaps originally for the produce or gain of), suffix בַּעֲבוּרִי 1 Samuel 23:10, etc.; —
1. as preposition:
a. Genesis 3:17 ארורה האדמה בעבורך for thy sake, Genesis 8:21 בעבור האדם for man's sake, Genesis 12:13 לְמַעַן יִיטַבלִֿי בַּעֲבוּרֵךְ, Genesis 12:16; Genesis 18:26, 29; Genesis 26:24, Exodus 9:16 זֹאת ב׳ Exodus 13:8 זה ב׳ 1 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 5:12; 2 Samuel 6:12; 2 Samuel 7:21; 2 Samuel 9:1, 7; Amos 2:6; Amos 8:6 נַעֲלָ֑יִם ואביון ב׳, Micah 2:10 טָמְאָה ב׳ on account of uncleanness, Psalm 106:32; Psalm 132:10, etc.; 2 Samuel 12:21 הַיֶּלֶד חַי ב׳ because of the child, (being) alive (= while he was alive), Jeremiah 14:4 **< read וְעֹבְדֵי הָאֲדָמָה חַתּוּ Duhm, compare Greek Version of the LXX. הָאֲדָמָה ב׳ חַ֫תָּה on account of the ground, (which) is dismayed, Job 20:2 וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִּי read זֹאת וב׳, or וּבַעֲבוּרָהּ.
†b. followed by infinitive (compare לְמַעַן), in order to, Exodus 9:16 הַרְאֹתְךָ אֶתכֹּֿחִי ב׳, 1 Samuel 1:6; 2 Samuel 10:3 הֲּקֹר ב׳ אתהֿעיר, 2 Samuel 18:18: so לְבַעֲבוּר Exodus 20:20; 2 Samuel 14:20; 2 Samuel 17:14; בעבור לְ 1 Chronicles 19:3 (|| 2 Samuel 10:3, no לְ).
2. as conjunction Genesis 27:10 אֲשֶׁר יְבָרֶכְךָ ב׳; without אשׁר, Genesis 21:30 לְעֵדָה תִּהְיֶה לִ׳ ב׳ in order that it may be a witness for me, Genesis 27:4 תְּבָרֶכְךָ נפשׁי ב׳, Genesis 27:19; Genesis 27:31; Genesis 46:34; Exodus 9:14; Exodus 19:9; Exodus 20:20; Psalm 105:45.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:17; 8:21; 12:13; 12:16; 18:26; 18:29; 21:30; 26:24; 27:4; 27:10; 27:10; 27:19; 27:31; 27:31; 46:34

Exodus

9:14; 9:16; 9:16; 13:8; 19:9; 20:20; 20:20

1 Samuel

1:6; 12:22; 23:10

2 Samuel

5:12; 6:12; 7:21; 9:1; 9:7; 10:3; 10:3; 12:21; 14:20; 17:14; 18:18

1 Chronicles

19:3

Job

20:2

Psalms

105:45; 106:32; 132:10

Jeremiah

14:4

Amos

2:6; 8:6

Micah

2:10

H5668

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Strong's Number H5668 matches the Hebrew עֲבוּר (ʿăḇûr),
which occurs 49 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 -

Then to Adam the LORD God said, “Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’;

The ground is [now] under a curse because of you;

In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it

All the days of your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma [a soothing, satisfying scent] and the LORD said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intent (strong inclination, desire) of man’s heart is wicked from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - “Please tell them that you are [fn]my sister so that things will go well for me for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - Therefore Pharaoh treated Abram well for her sake; he acquired sheep, oxen, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - So the LORD said, “If I find within the city of Sodom fifty righteous [people], then I will spare the entire place for their sake.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - Abraham spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose [only] forty are found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty [who are righteous].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said, “Now behold, I have decided to speak to the Lord [again]. Suppose [only] twenty [righteous people] are found there?” And the Lord said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then Abraham said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry [with me], and I will speak only this once; suppose ten [righteous people] are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - Abraham said, “You are to accept these seven ewe lambs from me as a witness for me, that I dug this well.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - The LORD appeared to him the same night and said,

“I am the God of Abraham your father;

Do not be afraid, for I am with you.

I will bless and favor you, and multiply your descendants,

For the sake of My servant Abraham.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4 - and make me a savory and delicious dish [of meat], the kind I love, and bring it to me to eat, so that my soul may bless you [as my firstborn son] before I die.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:10 - “Then you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done what you told me to do. Now please, sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - Esau also made a delicious dish [of meat] and brought it to his father and said to him, “Let my father get up and eat some of his son’s game, so that you may bless me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers [before us],’ in order that you may live [separately and securely] in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is repulsive to the Egyptians.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:14 - “For this time I will send all My plagues [fn]on you [in full force,] and on your servants and on your people, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - “But indeed for this very reason I have allowed you to live, in order to show you My power and in order that My name may be proclaimed throughout all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:8 - “You shall explain this to your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may believe and trust in you forever.” Then Moses repeated the words of the people to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him [that is, a profound reverence for Him] will remain with you, so that you do not sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - Hannah’s rival provoked her bitterly, to irritate and embarrass her, because the LORD had [fn]left her childless.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - “The LORD will not abandon His people for His great name’s sake, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - Then David said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, Your servant has heard for certain that Saul intends to come to Keilah, to destroy the city on my account.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - And David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 -

Now King David was told, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:21 - “Because of Your word (promise), and in accordance with Your own heart, You have done all these great and astounding things to let Your servant know (understand).

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And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house (family) of Saul to whom I may show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - David said to him, “Do not be afraid, for I will certainly show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall always eat at my table.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - But the princes of the Ammonites [were suspicious and] said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”

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Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? While the child was alive you fasted and wept, but when the child died, you got up and ate food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:25 - and He sent word through Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah (beloved of the LORD) for the sake of the LORD [who loved the child].

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - Amnon was so frustrated because of his [half-] sister Tamar that he made himself sick, for she was a virgin, and Amnon thought it impossible for him to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - “In order to change the appearance of things [between Absalom and you, his father] your servant Joab did this thing. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that is in the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the LORD could bring disaster upon Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18 - Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a memorial pillar which is in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have [fn]no son to keep my name in remembrance.” He named the memorial pillar after himself, and to this day it is called [fn]Absalom’s Monument.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - And David understood that the LORD had established and confirmed him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of His people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:19 - “O LORD, for Your servant’s sake, and in accordance with Your own heart, You have accomplished all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the leaders of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “[fn]Do you think that David has sent people to console and comfort you because he honors your father? Have his servants not come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19 - For the LORD humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for Ahaz had allowed unrestrained and undisciplined behavior in Judah and had been very unfaithful to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:2 -

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me answer,

Because of the uneasiness that is within me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 -

So that they might observe His precepts

And keep His laws [obediently accepting and honoring and valuing them].

Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:32 -

They provoked Him to anger at the waters of [fn]Meribah,

So that it went hard with Moses on their account;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:10 -

For the sake of Your servant David,

Do not turn away the face of Your anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 -

“The ground is cracked

Because there has been no rain on the land;

The farmers are distressed,

And they have covered their heads [in shame].

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6 -

Thus says the LORD,

“For three transgressions of Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies)

I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,

Because they sell the righteous and innocent for silver

And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:6

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So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves]

And the [fn]needy for a pair of sandals,

And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:10 -

“Arise and depart [because the captivity is inevitable],

For this [land] is not the place of rest

Because of the defilement that brings destruction,

A painful and terrible destruction.

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