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Lexicon :: Strong's H61 - 'ăḇāl

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אֲבָל
Transliteration
'ăḇāl
Pronunciation
ab-awl'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from אָבַל (H56) through the idea of negation
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TWOT Reference: 8

Strong’s Definitions

אֲבָל ʼăbâl, ab-awl'; apparently from H56 through the idea of negation; nay, i.e. truly or yet:—but, indeed, nevertheless, verily.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H61 in the following manner: but (4x), verily (3x), indeed (2x), nevertheless (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H61 in the following manner: but (4x), verily (3x), indeed (2x), nevertheless (2x).

  1. truly, verily, surely

  2. but, however, howbeit

  3. contrariwise, nay rather (neg.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲבָל ʼăbâl, ab-awl'; apparently from H56 through the idea of negation; nay, i.e. truly or yet:—but, indeed, nevertheless, verily.
STRONGS H61: Abbreviations
† אֲבָל adverb
1. in older Hebrew with an asseverative force, verily, of a truth Genesis 42:21; 2 Samuel 14:5; 1 Kings 1:43; 2 Kings 4:14, with a slight adversative force, nay, but Genesis 17:19 (P).
2. in late Hebrew as a decided adversative, howbeit, but Daniel 10:7, 21; Ezra 10:13; 2 Chronicles 1:4; 19:3; 33:17 (compare Arabic بَلْ of a truth, sometimes, from the context, nay rather Qor 2:82; 2:94; 2:110; 2:129; 2:149; 2:165; 2:261; 3:143; 4:52 etc.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:19; 42:21

2 Samuel

14:5

1 Kings

1:43

2 Kings

4:14

2 Chronicles

1:4; 19:3; 33:17

Ezra

10:13

Daniel

10:7; 10:21

H61

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H61 matches the Hebrew אֲבָל ('ăḇāl),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:19 - God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Yitzchak. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - They said one to another, "We are most assuredly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come on us."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:5 - The king said to her, What ails you? She answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - Yonatan answered Adoniyahu, Most assuredly our lord king David has made Shlomo king:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - He said, What then is to be done for her? Gechazi answered, Most assuredly she has no son, and her husband is old.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiryat-Ye`arim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asherot out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:17 - Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7 - I, Daniyel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:21 - But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who holds with me against these, but Mikha'el your prince."
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