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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 - And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I, then, bring thy son again in any case to the land from which thou hast removed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be quit of this my oath: only, bring not my son thither again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:27 - But Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he would not let them go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:21 - And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring sevenfold more plagues upon you according to your sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - But ye would not go up, and rebelled against the word of Jehovah your God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obdurate, that he might give him into thy hand, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:10 - But I stood upon the mountain according to the former days, forty days and forty nights; and Jehovah listened unto me also at that time: Jehovah would not destroy thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye spare him, neither shalt thou pity him, neither shalt thou screen him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - But Jehovah thy God would not listen to Balaam; and Jehovah thy God turned the curse into blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - But if the man like not to take his brother's wife, his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel: he will not perform for me the duty of a husband's brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - Jehovah will not pardon him, but the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will then smoke against that man, and all the curse shall be upon him that is written in this book; and Jehovah will blot out his name from under the heavens;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:10 - but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17 - And Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom would not hearken. And they also sent to the king of Moab; and he would not. And Israel abode in Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man would not tarry the night; and he rose up and departed, and came opposite to Jebus, that is, Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, and his concubine was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not hearken to him; and the man took his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning; and let her go when the morning-dawn arose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - And now give up the men, the sons of Belial, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and oxen, and beasts of the second bearing, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction; but everything that was mean and weak, that they destroyed utterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - And the king said to the couriers that stood about him, Turn and put the priests of Jehovah to death; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not inform me. But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:23 - And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for Jehovah gave thee into my hand this day, and I would not stretch forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside, to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay hold of one of the young men, and take for thyself his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - So David would not bring the ark of Jehovah home unto himself into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he ate no bread with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - But he would not hearken to her voice, and was stronger than she, and humbled her and lay with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:16 - And she said to him, There is no cause for this evil in sending me away, which is greater than the other that thou didst to me. But he would not hearken to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to thee. And he urged him, but he would not go; and he blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and he sent again the second time, but he would not come.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; however he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - And he said, Be it far from me, Jehovah, that I should do this thing! is it not the blood of the men that went at the risk of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:8 - And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, nor consent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:49 - Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - But Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him to give him always a lamp for his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - And Jehovah was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he would not destroy them, neither did he cast them from his presence up to that time.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; David however would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - And he said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing! should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives? for at the risk of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - And the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were routed before Israel, and they made peace with David, and became his servants. And the Syrians would no more help the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - But Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he had promised to give to him always a lamp, and to his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:9 - Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11 - But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 - My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 - and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:30 - they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35 - he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:19 - If ye be willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12 - to whom he said, This is the rest: cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing. But they would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:9 - that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 - For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest shall ye be saved, in quietness and confidence shall be your strength; but ye would not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24 - Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? Did not Jehovah, he against whom we have sinned? And they would not walk in his ways, neither did they hearken unto his law.

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