hebrew #5666 - עָבָה abah (to be thick)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be grow thicker A primitive root; to be dense -- be (grow) thick(-er). Englishman's Concordance 1) to be thick, be fat, be gross 1a) (Qal) to be fat, be thick, be gross Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 1554 Brown-Driver-Briggsעָבָהverbbe thick, fat, gross (Late Hebrew Pi`el עִבָּהmake thick, and derivatives; Syriac  swell up, passive participle swollen, thick, dense, stupid, and many derivatives; Arabic  be dense, stupid,  dense foliage; Ethiopic  be great Di985); — QalPerfect3masculine singular מִמָּתְנֵי אָבִי׳קָֽטֳנִּי ע1 Kings 12:10my little finger is thicker (stouter) than, etc.,=2 Chronicles 10:10; be thick, gross, of rebell. Israel under figure of highly fed beast, 2 masculine singular שָׁמַנְתָּ עָבִיתָ כָּשִׂיתָDeuteronomy 32:15. II. [עָבוּר] noun only in בַּעֲבוּר47, בַּעֲבֻר (Genesis 27:10,31), preposition and conjunctionfor the sake of on account of, in order that (perhaps originally for the produce or gain of), suffix בַּעֲבוּרִי1 Samuel 23:10, etc.; — 1 as preposition: a.Genesis 3:17ארורה האדמה בעבורךfor thy sake, Genesis 8:21בעבור האדםfor man's sake, Genesis 12:13לְמַעַן יִיטַבלִֿי בַּעֲבוּרֵךְ, Genesis 12:16; Genesis 18:26,29; Genesis 26:24, Exodus 9:16זֹאת׳בExodus 13:8זה׳ב1 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 5:12; 2 Samuel 6:12; 2 Samuel 7:21; 2 Samuel 9:1,7; Amos 2:6; Amos 8:6נַעֲלָ֑יִם׳ואביון ב, Micah 2:10טָמְאָה׳בon account of uncleanness, Psalm 106:32; Psalm 132:10, etc.; 2 Samuel 12:21הַיֶּלֶד חַי׳בbecause of the child, (being) alive (=while he was alive), Jeremiah 14:4**< read וְעֹבְדֵיהָאֲדָמָה חַתּוּ Duhm, compare ᵐ5. הָאֲדָמָה׳בחַ֫תָּהon account of the ground, (which) is dismayed, Job 20:2וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִּי read זֹאת׳וב, or וּבַעֲבוּרָהּ. b. followed by infinitive (compare לְמַעַן), in order to, Exodus 9:16הַרְאֹתְךָ אֶתכֹּֿחִי׳ב, 1 Samuel 1:6; 2 Samuel 10:3הֲּקֹר׳באתהֿעיר, 2 Samuel 18:18: so לְבַעֲבוּרExodus 20:20; 2 Samuel 14:20; 2 Samuel 17:14; בעבור לְ1 Chronicles 19:3 ("" 2 Samuel 10:3, no לְ). 2 as conjunctionGenesis 27:10אֲשֶׁר יְבָרֶכְךָ׳ב; without אשׁר, Genesis 21:30לְעֵדָה׳תִּהְיֶה לִ׳בin order that it may be a witness for me, Genesis 27:4תְּבָרֶכְךָ נפשׁי׳ב, Genesis 27:19; Genesis 27:31; Genesis 46:34; Exodus 9:14; Exodus 19:9; Exodus 20:20; Psalm 105:45. [עָבַת] verb Pi`elwind, weave (compare derivatives); — Imperfect3masculine plural suffix וַיְעַבְּתוּהָMicah 7:3and (so) they wind it (or weave it; i.e. mischief); so Hi Che GASm, but dubious; Ew reads עָבַט=twist, prevert (compare Joel 2:7, but see עבט), We וַיְעַוְּתוּהָ=id., compare Now (?), Dr. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 5666. עָבָה (abah) — 3 OccurrencesDeuteronomy 32:15 1 Kings 12:10 2 Chronicles 10:10 |