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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.
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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 Box Gen 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 - To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - The LORD smelled the sweet savor. The LORD said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - He dealt well with Avram for her sake. He had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and female donkeys, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - The LORD said, "If I find in Sedom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - The LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Avraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Avraham's sake."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4 - Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Ya`akov said to his father, "I am Esav your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Mitzrim."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:14 - For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the eretz;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:8 - You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Mitzrayim.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." Moshe told the words of the people to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - Moshe said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - Her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - Then said David, O LORD, the God of Yisra'el, your servant has surely heard that Sha'ul seeks to come to Ke`ilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Yisra'el, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Yisra'el's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - It was told king David, saying, the LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God. David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:21 - For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:1 - David said, Is there yet any who is left of the house of Sha'ul, that I may show him kindness for Yonatan's sake?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will surely show you kindness for Yonatan your father's sake, and will restore you all the land of Sha'ul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - But the princes of the children of `Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn't David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:21 - Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that you have done? you did fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, you did rise and eat bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:25 - and he sent by the hand of Natan the prophet; and he named him Yedidyah, for the LORD's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - to change the face of the matter has your servant Yo'av done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - Avshalom and all the men of Yisra'el said, The counsel of Hushai the Arki is better than the counsel of Achitofel. For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Achitofel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Avshalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18 - Now Avshalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Avshalom's monument, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Yisra'el; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Yisra'el's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:19 - LORD, for your servant's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the princes of the children of `Ammon said to Hanun, Think you that David does honor your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Aren't his servants 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 brought Yehudah low because of Achaz king of Yisra'el; for he had dealt wantonly in Yehudah, and trespassed severely against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:2 - "Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:32 - They angered him also at the waters of Merivah, So that Moshe was troubled for their sakes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:10 - For your servant David's sake, Don't turn away the face of your anointed one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6 - Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Yisra'el, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have sold the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:6 - That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:10 - Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, Because of uncleanness that destroys, Even with a grievous destruction.
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