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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

H14

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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:27 - But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not let them go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:21 - And if you still go against me and will not give ear to me, I will put seven times more punishments on you because of your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us go through; for the Lord your God made his spirit hard and his heart strong, so that he might give him up into your hands as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:10 - And I was in the mountain, as at the first time, for forty days and forty nights; and again the ears of the Lord were open to my prayer, and he did not send destruction on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:10 - But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17 - Then Israel sent men to the king of Edom saying, Let me now go through your land; but the king of Edom did not give ear to them. And in the same way he sent to the king of Moab, but he would not; so Israel went on living in Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:10 - But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul and the people did not put Agag to death, and they kept the best of the sheep and the oxen and the fat beasts and the lambs, and whatever was good, not desiring to put them to the curse: but everything which was bad and of no use they put to the curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:23 - And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - And Abner said, Then go to the right or to the left and put your hands on one of the fighting-men and take his arms. But Asahel would not be turned away from going after Abner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - But he would not give attention to what she said: but being stronger than she, he took her by force, and had connection with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:16 - And she said to him, Not so, my brother, for this great wrong in sending me away is worse than what you did to me before. But he gave no attention to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, or the number will be over-great for you. And he made his request again, but he would not go, but he gave him his blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:8 - And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he says.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:49 - Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, Let my men go with yours in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not let them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But the Lord was kind to them and had pity on them, caring for them, because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he would not put them to destruction or send them away from before his face till now.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - And because of the death of those who had done no wrong, for he made Jerusalem full of the blood of the upright; and the Lord had no forgiveness for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on it himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the three, forcing a way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David; but David would not take it, but made an offering of it, draining it out to the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - Saying, By my God, far be it from me to do this! How may I take as drink the life-blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? so he did not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with David and became his servants: and the Aramaeans would give no more help to the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on the family of David, because of the agreement he had made with David, when he said he would give to him and to his sons a light for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:9 - Will the ox of the mountains be your servant? or is his night's resting-place by your food-store?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11 - But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 - My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 - You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:30 - They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35 - He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:19 - If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12 - To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:9 - For they are an uncontrolled people, false-hearted, who will not give ear to the teaching of the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 - For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24 - Who gave up Jacob to those who took away his goods, and Israel to his attackers? Did not the Lord? he against whom they did wrong, and in whose ways they would not go, turning away from his teaching.

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