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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.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 24:5–Isa 42:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman will not be willing to follow me back to this country; should I take your son back to the country from which you came?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - “If the woman is not willing to follow you [to this land], then you will be free from this my oath and blameless; only you must never take my son back there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:27 - But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:21 -

‘If then, you act with hostility toward Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times in accordance with your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 -

“Yet you were not willing to go up [to take possession of it], but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - “But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to travel through his land; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to hand him over to you, as he is today.

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“And I stayed on the mountain, like the first time, forty days and nights, and the LORD listened to me at that time also; the LORD was not willing to destroy you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - you shall not consent to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - “Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God has loved you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - “But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s [widowed] wife, then she shall go up to the gate [of the city, where court is held] to the elders, and say, ‘My brother-in-law refuses to continue his brother’s name in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband’s brother.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - the LORD will not be willing to forgive him, but then the anger of the LORD and His [fn]jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him; the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:10 - ‘But I would not listen to Balaam. Therefore he had to bless you, so I saved you from Balak’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17 - then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please let us pass through your land,” but the king of Edom would not listen. Also they sent word to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 -

But the man was not willing to stay the night; so he got up and left and came to a place opposite Jebus (that is Jerusalem). With him were two saddled donkeys [and his servant] and his concubine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not listen to him. So the man took the Levite’s concubine and brought her outside to them; and they had relations with her and abused her all night until morning; and when daybreak came, they let her go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - “Now therefore, turn over the men [involved], the [fn]worthless and wicked men in Gibeah, so that we may put them to death and remove this wickedness from Israel.” But the Benjamites would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and everything that was good, and they were not willing to destroy them entirely; but everything that was undesirable or worthless they destroyed completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - And the king said to the guards who stood around him, “Turn around and kill the priests of the LORD, because their [fn]loyalty also is with David, and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not inform me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to put out their hands to attack the LORD’S priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:23 - “The LORD will repay each man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD handed you over to me today, but I refused to put out my hand against the LORD’S anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised [Philistines] will come and pierce me through and abuse and mock me.” But his armor bearer would not, because he was terrified [of doing such a thing]. So [fn]Saul took his sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - So Abner said to him, “Turn to your right or to your left, and grab one of the young men and take his armor for yourself.” But Asahel was not willing to turn away from pursuing Abner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - David was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD into the City of David with him; instead he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - The elders of his household stood by him [in the night] to lift him up from the ground, but he was unwilling [to get up] and would not eat food with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - But he would not listen to her; and since he was stronger than she, he violated her and lay with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:16 - But she said, “No, because this wrong of [fn]sending me away is worse than the other that you have done to me!” But he would not listen to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, we should not all go, for we will be a burden to you.” Although Absalom [strongly] urged David, still he would not go, but he gave him his blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - So Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him; even when he sent again a second time, he [still] would not come.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem by the gate, and carried and brought it to David. But he would not drink it, but poured it out [in worship] to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - And he said, “Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should drink this. [Is it not the same as] the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” So he would not drink it. These things the [fn]three mighty men did.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:8 - All the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent [to this additional demand].”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:49 - Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships,” But Jehoshaphat was unwilling and refused.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - Yet for the sake of His servant David the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, since He had promised to give him a lamp (enthroned descendant) through his sons always.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned toward them for the sake of [fn]His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and He was unwilling to destroy them, and did not cast them from His presence until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - and also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not pardon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised [Philistines] will come and abuse and humiliate me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - Then the three [mighty men] broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was next to the gate, and brought it to David. But David would not drink it; he poured it out to the LORD [as an offering];

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - and he said, “Far be it from me before my God that I would do this thing! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? For they brought it at the risk of their lives.” So he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to and served him. And the Arameans (Syrians) were not willing to help the Ammonites anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - Yet the LORD would not destroy the house of David because of the covenant which He had made with David, and because He had promised to give a [fn]lamp to him and to his sons forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:9 -

“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you,

Or remain beside your manger at night?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11 -

“But My people would not listen to My voice,

And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 -

My son, if sinners entice you,

Do not consent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 -

And you treated all my counsel as nothing

And would not accept my reprimand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:30 -

They would not accept my counsel,

And they spurned all my rebuke.

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He will not accept any ransom [offered to buy him off from demanding full punishment];

Nor will he be satisfied though you offer him many gifts (bribes).

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:19 -

“If you are willing and obedient,

You shall eat the best of the land;

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He who said to them, “This is the place of quiet, give rest to the weary,”

And, “This is the resting place,” yet they would not listen.

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For this is a rebellious people, lying sons,

Sons who refuse to listen to

The law and instruction of the LORD;

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For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel has said this,

“In returning [to Me] and rest you shall be saved,

In quietness and confident trust is your strength.”

But you were not willing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24 -

Who gave up Jacob [the kingdom of Judah] for spoil, and [the kingdom of] Israel to the plunderers?

Was it not the LORD, He against whom we [of Judah] have sinned,

And in whose ways they [of Israel] were unwilling to walk,

And whose law and teaching they did not obey?


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