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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 - and God saith, 'Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - And they say one unto another, 'Verily we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:5 - And the king saith to her, 'What -- to thee?' and she saith, 'Truly a widow woman am I, and my husband dieth,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - And Jonathan answereth and saith to Adonijah, 'Verily our lord king David hath caused Solomon to reign,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - And he saith, 'And what -- to do for her?' and Gehazi saith, 'Verily she hath no son, and her husband is aged.'

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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 Kirjath-Jearim, when David prepared for it, for he stretched out for it a tent in Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - but good things have been found with thee, for thou hast put away the shrines out of the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:17 - but still the people are sacrificing in high places, only -- to Jehovah 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 the time of showers, and there is no power to stand without, and the work is not for one day, nor for two, for we have multiplied to transgress in this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7 - 'And I have seen -- I, Daniel, by myself -- the appearance: and the men who have been with me have not seen the appearance, but a great trembling hath fallen on them, and they flee to be hidden;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:21 - but I declare to thee that which is noted down in the Writing of Truth, and there is not one strengthening himself with me, concerning these, except Michael your head.
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