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Lexicon :: Strong's H5668 - ʿăḇûr

Aa
עֲבוּר
Transliteration
ʿăḇûr
Pronunciation
aw-boor'
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Part of Speech
conjunction, preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass part of עָבַר (H5674)
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TWOT Reference: 1556g

Strong’s Definitions

עָבוּר ʻâbûwr, aw-boor'; or עָבֻר ʻâbur; passive participle of H5674; properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that:—because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H5668 in the following manner: sake, that, because of, to, to the intent that.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H5668 in the following manner: sake, that, because of, to, to the intent that.
preposition

  1. for the sake of, on account of, because of, in order to

    conjunction

  2. in order that

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָבוּר ʻâbûwr, aw-boor'; or עָבֻר ʻâbur; passive participle of H5674; properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that:—because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.
STRONGS H5668: Abbreviations
II. [עָבוּר] noun only in בַּעֲבוּר 47, בַּעֲבֻר (Genesis 27:10, 31), preposition and conjunction for the sake of on account of, in order that (perhaps originally for the produce or gain of), suffix בַּעֲבוּרִי 1 Samuel 23:10, etc.; —
1. as preposition:
a. Genesis 3:17 ארורה האדמה בעבורך for thy sake, Genesis 8:21 בעבור האדם for man's sake, Genesis 12:13 לְמַעַן יִיטַבלִֿי בַּעֲבוּרֵךְ, Genesis 12:16; Genesis 18:26, 29; Genesis 26:24, Exodus 9:16 זֹאת ב׳ Exodus 13:8 זה ב׳ 1 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 5:12; 2 Samuel 6:12; 2 Samuel 7:21; 2 Samuel 9:1, 7; Amos 2:6; Amos 8:6 נַעֲלָ֑יִם ואביון ב׳, Micah 2:10 טָמְאָה ב׳ on account of uncleanness, Psalm 106:32; Psalm 132:10, etc.; 2 Samuel 12:21 הַיֶּלֶד חַי ב׳ because of the child, (being) alive (= while he was alive), Jeremiah 14:4 **< read וְעֹבְדֵי הָאֲדָמָה חַתּוּ Duhm, compare Greek Version of the LXX. הָאֲדָמָה ב׳ חַ֫תָּה on account of the ground, (which) is dismayed, Job 20:2 וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִּי read זֹאת וב׳, or וּבַעֲבוּרָהּ.
†b. followed by infinitive (compare לְמַעַן), in order to, Exodus 9:16 הַרְאֹתְךָ אֶתכֹּֿחִי ב׳, 1 Samuel 1:6; 2 Samuel 10:3 הֲּקֹר ב׳ אתהֿעיר, 2 Samuel 18:18: so לְבַעֲבוּר Exodus 20:20; 2 Samuel 14:20; 2 Samuel 17:14; בעבור לְ 1 Chronicles 19:3 (|| 2 Samuel 10:3, no לְ).
2. as conjunction Genesis 27:10 אֲשֶׁר יְבָרֶכְךָ ב׳; without אשׁר, Genesis 21:30 לְעֵדָה תִּהְיֶה לִ׳ ב׳ in order that it may be a witness for me, Genesis 27:4 תְּבָרֶכְךָ נפשׁי ב׳, Genesis 27:19; Genesis 27:31; Genesis 46:34; Exodus 9:14; Exodus 19:9; Exodus 20:20; Psalm 105:45.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:17; 8:21; 12:13; 12:16; 18:26; 18:29; 21:30; 26:24; 27:4; 27:10; 27:10; 27:19; 27:31; 27:31; 46:34

Exodus

9:14; 9:16; 9:16; 13:8; 19:9; 20:20; 20:20

1 Samuel

1:6; 12:22; 23:10

2 Samuel

5:12; 6:12; 7:21; 9:1; 9:7; 10:3; 10:3; 12:21; 14:20; 17:14; 18:18

1 Chronicles

19:3

Job

20:2

Psalms

105:45; 106:32; 132:10

Jeremiah

14:4

Amos

2:6; 8:6

Micah

2:10

H5668

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Strong's Number H5668 matches the Hebrew עֲבוּר (ʿăḇûr),
which occurs 49 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 - And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said, See now, I have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: what if there are twenty there? And he said, I will have mercy because of the twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4 - And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:10 - And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:14 - For this time I will send all my punishments on yourself and on your servants and on your people; so that you may see that there is no other like me in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:8 - And you will say to your son in that day, It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - And the Lord said to Moses, See, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that what I say to you may come to the ears of the people and they may have belief in you for ever. And Moses gave the Lord word of what the people had said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:21 - Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:1 - And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:21 - Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:25 - And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - And he was so deeply in love that he became ill because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin, and so it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18 - Now Absalom, before his death, had put up for himself a pillar in the king's valley, naming it after himself; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and to this day it is named Absalom's pillar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, lifting up his kingdom on high because of his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:19 - O Lord, because of your servant, and from your heart, you have done all these great things and let them be seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father, by sending comforters to you? is it not clear that these men have only come to go through the land and to make secret observation of it so that they may overcome it?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19 - For the Lord made Judah low, because of Ahaz, king of Israel; for he had given up all self-control in Judah, sinning greatly against the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:2 - For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:32 - They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:10 - Because of your servant David, do not give up your king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6 - These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given the upright man for silver, and the poor for the price of two shoes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:6 - Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:10 - Up! and go; for this is not your rest: because it has been made unclean, the destruction ordered will come on you.
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