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Lexicon :: Strong's H14 - 'āḇâ

Aa
אָבָה
Transliteration
'āḇâ
Pronunciation
aw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 3

Strong’s Definitions

אָבָה ʼâbâh, aw-baw'; a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent:—consent, rest content will, be willing.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H14 in the following manner: would (42x), will (4x), willing (4x), consent (3x), rest content (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H14 in the following manner: would (42x), will (4x), willing (4x), consent (3x), rest content (1x).
  1. to be willing, consent

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be willing

      2. to consent, yield to, accept

      3. to desire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָבָה ʼâbâh, aw-baw'; a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent:—consent, rest content will, be willing.
STRONGS H14: Abbreviations
† I. אָבָה verb be willing, consent (compare Assyrian abîtu, command, DlW, Ethiopic አበየ፡ refuse, Arabic أَبَى, id., Nejd be willing SoDe Jes 3, p. 26; LCB 1880, 817) —
Qal (with לֹא, אַל except Isaiah 1:19; Job 39:9; in Hexateuch rare & only J E D, including Leviticus 26:21); Perfect אָבָה Exodus 10:27 + אָבוּ Judges 19:25 + 7 times; אָבוּא Isaiah 28:12 (Sta§ 31 R. 2; Kö1, 414); Imperfect יֹאבֶה Deuteronomy 29:19 + 2 times; 2nd person masculine singular jussive תֹּבֵא Proverbs 1:10 (Sta§ 143 e 1 fin; Kö1, 576 f) etc.; Participle אֹבִים Ezekiel 3:7; — be willing, followed by Infinitive with ל Exodus 10:27 + 29 times; without ל Deuteronomy 2:30 + 8 times; subject י׳ Deuteronomy 10:10; Deuteronomy 23:6; Deuteronomy 29:19; Joshua 24:10; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 13:23; 2 Kings 24:4; 2 Chronicles 21:7; human subject Genesis 24:5, 8; Judges 19:10; 2 Samuel 2:21; 2 Samuel 13:25; 2 Samuel 14:29 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 23:16, 17 = 1 Chronicles 11:18, 19; 1 Chronicles 19:19; in bad sense Exodus 10:27; Deuteronomy 2:30; Deuteronomy 25:7; Judges 19:25; Judges 20:13; 2 Samuel 13:14, 16; especially of perverse Israel Leviticus 26:21; Deuteronomy 1:26; 1 Samuel 15:9; Isaiah 28:12; Isaiah 30:9; Isaiah 42:24; Ezekiel 3:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 20:8; subject animal, רֵים Job 39:9; absolute (no Infinitive) 2 Samuel 12:17; 1 Kings 20:8; 1 Kings 22:50; compare Proverbs 6:35, of jealous man; bad sense Judges 11:17; Isaiah 30:15; good sense 1 Samuel 22:17; 1 Samuel 26:23; 1 Samuel 31:4 = 1 Chronicles 10:4; 2 Samuel 6:10; Proverbs 1:10; + finite verb Isaiah 1:19 (אִם תּאֹבוּ וּשְׁמַעְתֶּם); consent, yield to, followed by לוֺ Deuteronomy 13:9 (good sense); followed by לִי Psalm 81:12; followed by לַעֲצָתִי Proverbs 1:30; followed by accusative תּוֺכַחְתִּי Proverbs 1:25 (all in bad sense).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:5; 24:8

Exodus

10:27; 10:27; 10:27

Leviticus

26:21; 26:21

Deuteronomy

1:26; 2:30; 2:30; 10:10; 13:9; 23:6; 25:7; 29:19; 29:19

Joshua

24:10

Judges

11:17; 19:10; 19:25; 19:25; 20:13

1 Samuel

15:9; 22:17; 26:23; 31:4

2 Samuel

2:21; 6:10; 12:17; 13:14; 13:16; 13:25; 14:29; 23:16; 23:17

1 Kings

20:8; 22:50

2 Kings

8:19; 13:23; 24:4

1 Chronicles

10:4; 11:18; 11:19; 19:19

2 Chronicles

21:7

Job

39:9; 39:9

Psalms

81:12

Proverbs

1:10; 1:10; 1:25; 1:30; 6:35

Isaiah

1:19; 1:19; 28:12; 28:12; 30:9; 30:15; 42:24

Ezekiel

3:7; 3:7; 20:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H14 matches the Hebrew אָבָה ('āḇâ),
which occurs 54 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 24:5–Isa 42:24)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant H5650 said H559 to him, “Suppose H194 the woman H802 is H14 not willing H14 to follow H1980 H310 me to this H2088 land H776; should I take H7725 your son H1121 back H7725 to the land H776 from where H834 H8033 you came H3318?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - “But if H518 the woman H802 is H14 not willing H14 to follow H1980 H310 you, then you will be H5352 free H5352 of this H2088 oath H7621 of mine; only H7534 do not take H7725 my son H1121 back H7725 there H8033.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:27 - But the LORD H3068 [fn]hardened H2388 Pharaoh’s H6547 heart H3820, and he was H14 not willing H14 to let H7971 them go H7971.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:21 -

‘Yet if H518 you [fn]show H1980 hostility H7147 toward H5973 Me and are unwilling H3808 H14 to obey H8085 Me, I will increase H3254 the plague H4347 on you seven H7651 times H7651 according to your sins H2403.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 -

“Yet you were unwilling H3808 H14 to go H5927 up H5927; instead you rebelled H4784 against H854 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068 your God H430;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - “But Sihon H5511 king H4428 of Heshbon H2809 was H14 not willing H14 for us to pass H5674 [fn]through his land; for the LORD H3068 your God H430 hardened H7185 his spirit H7307 and made H553 his heart H3824 obstinate H553, in H4616 order H4616 to H4616 hand H3027 H5414 him over H5414 to you, as he is today H2088 H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:10 -

“I, moreover, stayed H5975 on the mountain H2022 for forty H705 days H3117 and forty H705 nights H3915 like the first H7223 time H3117, and the LORD H3068 listened H8085 to me that time H6471 also H1571; the LORD H3068 was H14 not willing H14 to destroy H7843 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - you shall not consent H14 to him or listen H8085 to him; and your eye H5869 shall not pity H2347 him, nor H3808 shall you spare H2550 or conceal H3680 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - “Nevertheless, the LORD H3068 your God H430 was unwilling H3808 H14 to listen H8085 to Balaam H1109, but the LORD H3068 your God H430 turned H2015 the curse H7045 into a blessing H1293 for you because H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 loves H157 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - “But if H518 the man H376 does not desire H2654 to take H3947 his brother’s H2994 widow H2994, then his brother’s H2994 widow H2994 shall go H5927 up H5927 to the gate H8179 to the elders H2205, and say H559, ‘My husband’s H2993 brother H2993 refuses H3985 to establish H6965 a name H8034 for his brother H251 in Israel H3478; he is H14 not willing H14 to perform H2992 the duty H2992 of H2992 a H2992 husband’s H2992 brother H2992 to me.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - “The LORD H3068 will not be H14 willing H14 to forgive H5545 him, but rather H3588 H227 the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 and His wrath H7068 will [fn]burn H6225 against that person H376, and every H3605 curse H423 that is written H3789 in this H2088 book H5612 will lie H7257 upon him, and the LORD H3068 will wipe H4229 out H4229 his name H8034 from under H8478 heaven H8064.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:10 - ‘But I was H14 not willing H14 to listen H8085 to Balaam H1109. So he had to bless H1288 you, and I saved H5337 you from his hand H3027.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17 - then Israel H3478 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to the king H4428 of Edom H123, saying H559, “Please H4994 let us pass H5674 through your land H776”; but the king H4428 of Edom H123 would not listen H8085. And they also H1571 sent H7971 messengers to the king H4428 of Moab H4124, but he would not consent H14. So Israel H3478 remained H3427 at Kadesh H6946.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 -

But the man H376 was unwilling H3808 H14 to spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885, so he got H6965 up H6965 and left H1980, and came H935 to a place opposite H5227 Jebus H2982 (that is, Jerusalem H3389). And with him was a pair H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys H2543; his concubine H6370 also was with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men H376 would H14 not listen H8085 to him. So the man H376 seized H2388 his concubine H6370 and brought H3318 her outside H2351 to them; and they [fn]raped H3045 her and abused H5953 her all H3605 night H3915 until H5704 morning H1242, then let H7971 her go H7971 at the approach H5927 of dawn H7837.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - “Now H6258 then, turn H5414 over H5414 the men H376, the [fn]worthless H1100 men H1121 who H834 are in Gibeah H1390, so that we may put H4191 them to H4191 death H4191 and remove H1197 this wickedness H7451 from Israel H3478.” But the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 would H14 not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of their brothers H251, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul H7586 and the people H5971 spared H2550 Agag H90 and the best H4315 of the sheep H6629, the oxen H1241, the more H4932 valuable H4932 animals, the lambs H3733, and everything H3605 that was good H2896, and were unwilling H3808 H14 to destroy H2763 them completely H2763; but everything H3605 H4399 despicable H959 and weak H4549, that they completely H2763 destroyed H2763.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - And the king H4428 said H559 to the [fn]guards H7323 who were attending H5324 H5921 him, “Turn H5437 around H5437 and put H4191 the priests H3548 of the LORD H3068 to H4191 death H4191, because H3588 their hand H3027 also H1571 is with David H1732 and because H3588 they knew H3045 that he was fleeing H1272 and did not [fn]inform H1540 H241 me.” But the servants H5650 of the king H4428 were unwilling H3808 H14 to reach H7971 out H7971 with their hands H3027 to [fn]attack H6293 the priests H3548 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:23 - “And the LORD H3068 will repay H7725 each H376 man H376 for his righteousness H6666 and his faithfulness H530; for the LORD H3068 handed H3027 H5414 you over H5414 to me today H3117, but I refused H3808 H14 to reach H7971 out H7971 with my hand H3027 against the LORD’S H3068 anointed H4899.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Then Saul H7586 said H559 to his armor H3627 bearer H5375, “Draw H8025 your sword H2719 and pierce H1856 me through H1856 with it, otherwise H6435 these H428 uncircumcised H6189 Philistines will come H935 and pierce H1856 me through H1856, and abuse H5953 me.” But his armor H3627 bearer H5375 was unwilling H3808 H14, because H3588 he was H3372 very H3966 fearful H3372. So Saul H7586 took H3947 [fn]his sword H2719 and fell H5307 on it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - So Abner H74 said H559 to him, “Turn H5186 aside H5186 for your own good to your right H3225 or H176 to your left H8040, and take H270 hold H270 of one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 for yourself, and take H3947 for yourself his equipment H2488.” But Asahel H6214 was unwilling H3808 H14 to turn H5493 aside H5493 from following H310 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - And David H1732 was unwilling H3808 H14 to move H5493 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 into the city H5892 of David H1732 with him; but David H1732 took H5186 it aside H5186 to the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654, the Gittite H1663.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - The elders H2205 of his household H1004 stood H6965 beside H5921 him in order to help H6965 him up H6965 from the ground H776, but he was unwilling H3808 H14 and would not eat H1262 food H3899 with them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - However, he would H14 not listen H8085 to [fn]her; since he was stronger H2388 than H4480 she, he violated H6031 her and slept H7901 with her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:16 - But she said H559 to him, “No H408, because H182 this H2088 wrong H7451 in sending H7971 me away H7971 is greater H1419 than H4480 the other H312 that you have done H6213 to me!” Yet he would H14 not listen H8085 to her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - But the king H4428 said H559 to Absalom H53, “No H408, my son H1121, we should not all H3605 go H1980, so that we will not be H3513 a H3513 burden H3513 to you.” Though he urged H6555 him, he would H14 not go H1980; but he blessed H1288 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - Then Absalom H53 sent H7971 for Joab H3097, to send H7971 him to the king H4428, but he would H14 not come H935 to him. So he sent H7971 word again H5750 a second H8145 time H8145, but he would H14 not come H935.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the three H7969 mighty H1368 men H1368 forced H1234 their way H1234 into the camp H4264 of the Philistines H6430, and drew H7579 water H4325 from the well H877 of Bethlehem H1035 which H834 was by the gate H8179, and carried H5375 it and brought H935 it to David H1732. Yet he would H14 not drink H8354 it, but poured H5258 it out H5258 as H5258 an H5258 offering H5258 to the LORD H3068;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - and he said H559, “Far H2486 be it from me, LORD H3068, that I would do H6213 this H2088! Should I drink the blood H1818 of the men H376 who went H1980 at the risk of their lives H5315?” So he would H14 not drink H8354 it. These H428 things H428 the three H7969 mighty H1368 men H1368 did H6213.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:8 - Then all H3605 the elders H2205 and all H3605 the people H5971 said H559 to him, “Do not listen H8085 nor H3808 consent H14.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:49 - Then H227 Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 said H559 to Jehoshaphat H3092, “Let my servants H5650 go H1980 with your servants H5650 in the ships H591.” But Jehoshaphat H3092 was H14 not willing H14.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - However, the LORD H3068 did not want H14 to destroy H7843 Judah H3063, for the sake H4616 of David H1732 His servant H5650, since H834 He had [fn]promised H559 him to give H5414 him a [fn]lamp H5215 through his sons H1121 always H3605 H3117.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But the LORD H3068 was H2603 gracious H2603 to them and had H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 them and turned H6437 to them because H4616 of His covenant H1285 with Abraham H85, Isaac H3327, and Jacob H3290; and He was unwilling H3808 H14 to eliminate H7843 them or cast H7993 them away H7993 from His presence H6440 until H5704 now H6258.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - and also H1571 for the innocent H5355 blood H1818 which H834 he shed H8210, for he filled H4390 Jerusalem H3389 with innocent H5355 blood H1818; and the LORD H3068 was unwilling H3808 H14 to forgive H5545.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Then Saul H7586 said H559 to his armor H3627 bearer H5375, “Draw H8025 your sword H2719 and thrust H1856 me through H1856 with it, otherwise H6435 these H428 uncircumcised H6189 Philistines will come H935 and abuse H5953 me.” But his armor H3627 bearer H5375 would H14 not, for he was H3372 very H3966 afraid H3372. So Saul H7586 took H3947 his own sword H2719 and fell H5307 on it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the three H7969 broke H1234 through H1234 the camp H4264 of the Philistines H6430 and drew H7579 water H4325 from the well H953 of Bethlehem H1035 which H834 was by the gate H8179, and took H5375 it and brought H935 it to David H1732; however, David H1732 would H14 not drink H8354 it, but poured H5258 it out H5258 to the LORD H3068;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - and he said H559, “Far H2486 be it from me before H4480 my God H430 that I would do H6213 this H2088. Shall I drink H8354 the blood H1818 of these H428 men H376 who went [fn]at the risk of their lives H5315? For they brought H935 it at the risk of their lives H5315.” Therefore he would H14 not drink H8354 it. The three H7969 mighty H1368 men H1368 did H6213 these H428 things H428.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - So when the servants H5650 of Hadadezer H1909 saw H7200 that they had been [fn]defeated H5062 by Israel H3478, they made H7999 peace H7999 with David H1732 and served H5647 him. So the Arameans H758 were H14 not willing H14 to help H3467 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 anymore H5750.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - Yet the LORD H3068 was H14 not willing H14 to destroy H7843 the house H1004 of David H1732 because H4616 of the covenant H1285 which H834 He had made H3772 with David H1732, and because H834 He had promised H559 to give H5414 a lamp H5215 to him and his sons H1121 forever H3605 H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:9 -

“Will the wild H7214 bull H7214 be H14 willing H14 to serve H5647 you,

Or H518 will he spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 at your feeding H18 trough H18?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11 -

“But My people H5971 did not listen H8085 to My voice H6963,

And Israel H3478 did not [fn]obey H14 Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 -

My son H1121, if H518 sinners H2400 entice H6601 you,

Do not consent H14.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 -

And you neglected H6544 all H3605 my advice H6098

And did not want H14 my rebuke H8433;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:30 -

“They did not accept H14 my advice H6098,

They disdainfully H5006 rejected H5006 every H3605 rebuke H8433 from me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35 -

He will not [fn]accept H5375 H6440 any H3605 settlement H3724,

Nor H3808 will he be [fn]satisfied H14 though H3588 you make H7235 it a large H7235 gift H7810.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:19 -

“If H518 you are H14 willing H14 and obedient H8085,

You will eat H398 the best H2898 of the land H776;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12 -

He who H834 said H559 to them, “This H2088 is the place H4496 of H4496 quiet H4496, give H5117 rest H5117 to the weary H5889,”

And, “This H2088 is the resting H4774 place H4774,” but they would H14 not listen H8085.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:9 -

For this H1931 is a rebellious H4805 people H5971, false H3586 sons H1121,

Sons H1121 who [fn]refuse H3808 H14 to listen H8085

To the [fn]instruction H8451 of the LORD H3068;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 -

For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478, has said H559:

“In [fn]repentance H7729 and rest H5183 you will be saved H3467,

In quietness H8252 and trust H985 is your strength H1369.”

But you were H14 not willing H14,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24 -

Who H4310 gave H5414 Jacob H3290 up H5414 for spoils H4933, and Israel H3478 to plunderers H962?

Was it not the LORD H3068, against whom H2098 we have sinned H2398,

And in whose ways H1870 they were H14 not willing H14 to walk H1980,

And whose Law H8451 they did not obey H8085?


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