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Lexicon :: Strong's H5666 - ʿāḇâ

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עָבָה
Transliteration
ʿāḇâ
Pronunciation
aw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1554

Strong’s Definitions

עָבָה ʻâbâh, aw-baw'; a primitive root; to be dense:—be (grow) thick(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H5666 in the following manner: thicker (2x), thick (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H5666 in the following manner: thicker (2x), thick (1x).

  1. to be thick, be fat, be gross

    1. (Qal) to be fat, be thick, be gross

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָבָה ʻâbâh, aw-baw'; a primitive root; to be dense:—be (grow) thick(-er).
STRONGS H5666: Abbreviations
† עָבָה verb be thick, fat, gross (Late Hebrew Pi. עִבָּה make thick, and derivatives; Syriac bdb071401 swell up, passive participle swollen, thick, dense, stupid, and many derivatives; Arabic bdb071601 be dense, stupid, bdb071602 dense foliage; Ethiopic bdb071603 be great Di985); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מִמָּתְנֵי אָבִי קָֽטֳנִּי ע׳ 1 Kings 12:10 my little finger is thicker (stouter) than, etc., = 2 Chronicles 10:10; be thick, gross, of rebellious Israel under figure of highly fed beast, 2nd person masculine singular שָׁמַנְתָּ עָבִיתָ כָּשִׂיתָ Deuteronomy 32:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

32:15

1 Kings

12:10

2 Chronicles

10:10

H5666

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Strong's Number H5666 matches the Hebrew עָבָה (ʿāḇâ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - “But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked;
you grew fat, stout, and sleek;
then he forsook God who made him
and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,’ thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs.
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