Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #75 - אָבַס abas (to feed)

Original Word:	אָבַס
Transliteration:	abas
Definition:	to feed, fatten
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(aw-bas')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fatted, stalled

A primitive root; to fodder -- fatted, stalled.

Englishman's Concordance

1) to feed, fatten
1a) (Qal) fattened (passive participle)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 10

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[אָבַס] verbfeed, fatten (Mishna id.; ? Assyrian [abâsu] Dl^W46)

QalPassive participle fattened, אָבוּס of ox Proverbs 15:17; אֲבוּסִים of fowl 1 Kings 5:3.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 75. אָבַס (abas) — 2 Occurrences

1 Kings 4:23
HEB:וְיַחְמ֔וּר וּבַרְבֻּרִ֖ים אֲבוּסִֽים׃
NAS: gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
KJV: and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
INT: roebucks fowl and fattened

Proverbs 15:17
HEB:שָׁ֑ם מִשּׁ֥וֹר אָ֝ב֗וּס וְשִׂנְאָה־ בֽוֹ׃
NAS: is Than a fattened ox
KJV: where love is, than a stalled ox
INT: where ox A fattened hatred

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