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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 - But God said, “No H61, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you shall name him [fn]Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his [fn]descendants after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Then they said to one another, “Truly H61 we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; for that reason this distress has happened to us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:5 - And the king said to her, “What is troubling you?” And she [fn]answered, “Truly H61 I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - But Jonathan replied to Adonijah, “On the contrary H61! Our lord King David has made Solomon king!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi [fn]answered, “It is a fact H61 that she has no son, and her husband is old.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - However H61, David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim [fn]to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - “But [fn]there is some good in you, for you have removed the [fn]Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:17 - However H61, the people still sacrificed on the high places, although only to the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - “However H61, there are many people, it is the rainy season, and we are not able to stand in the open. Nor can the task be done in one or two days, because we have done a great wrong in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7 - Now I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, while the men who were with me did not see the vision; nevertheless H61, a great fear fell on them, and they ran away to hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:21 - “However H61, I will tell you what is recorded in the writing of truth. Yet there is no one who [fn]stands firmly with me against these forces except Michael your prince.
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