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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)
Dictionary Aids

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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Then to Adam H121 He said H559, “Because H3588 you have listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of your wife H802, and have eaten H398 from the tree H6086 about which H834 I commanded H6680 you, saying H559, ‘You shall not eat H398 from it’;

Cursed H779 is the ground H127 because H5668 of you;

With [fn]hard H6093 labor H6093 you shall eat H398 from it

All H3605 the days H3117 of your life H2416.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - The LORD H3068 smelled H7306 the soothing H5207 aroma H7381, and the LORD H3068 said H559 [fn]to Himself H3820, “I will never H3808 H5750 again H3254 curse H7043 the ground H127 on account H5668 of man H120, for the [fn]intent H3336 of man’s H120 heart H3820 is evil H7451 from his youth H5271; and I will never H3808 H5750 again H3254 [fn]destroy H5221 every H3605 living H2416 thing H2416, as I have done H6213.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - “Please H4994 say H559 that you are my sister H269 so H4616 that H4616 it may go H3190 well H3190 for me because H5668 of you, and that [fn]I may live H2421 on account H1558 of you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - Therefore he treated H3190 Abram H87 well H3190 for her sake H5668; and [fn]he gave H1961 him sheep H6629, oxen H1241, male H2543 donkeys H2543, male H5650 servants H5650 and female H8198 servants H8198, female H860 donkeys H860, and camels H1581.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:26 - So the LORD H3068 said H559, “If H518 I find H4672 in Sodom H5467 fifty H2572 righteous H6662 within H8432 the city H5892, then I will [fn]spare H5375 the entire H3605 place H4725 on their account H5668.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - And he spoke H1696 to Him yet H5750 again H3254 and said H559, “Suppose H194 forty H705 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not do H6213 it on account H5668 of the forty H705.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said H559, “Now H4994 behold H2009, I have [fn]ventured H2974 to speak H1696 to the Lord H136; suppose H194 twenty H6242 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it on account H5668 of the twenty H6242.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then he said H559, “Oh H4994 may H4994 the Lord H136 not be H2734 angry H2734, and I shall speak H1696 only H389 this H6471 once H6471: suppose H194 ten H6235 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it on account H5668 of the ten H6235.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - He said H559, “You shall take H3947 these seven H7651 ewe H3535 lambs H3535 from my hand H3027 so H5668 that H5668 it may be a witness H5713 for me, that I dug H2658 this H2088 well H875.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - And the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 to him the same H1931 night H3915 and said H559,

“I am the God H430 of your father H1 Abraham H85;

Do not fear H3372, for I am with you.

I will bless H1288 you and multiply H7235 your [fn]descendants H2233,

For the sake H5668 of My servant H5650 Abraham H85.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4 - and prepare H6213 a delicious H4303 meal H4303 for me such H834 as H834 I love H157, and bring H935 it to me that I may eat H398, so H5668 that H5668 my soul H5315 may bless H1288 you before H2962 I die H4191.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:10 - “Then you shall bring H935 it to your father H1, that he may eat H398, so H5668 H834 that H5668 H834 he may bless H1288 you before H6440 his death H4194.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Jacob H3290 said H559 to his father H1, “I am Esau H6215 your firstborn H1060; I have done H6213 as you told H1696 me. Come H6965 now H4994, sit H3427 and eat H398 of my game H6718, so H5668 that H5668 [fn]you may bless H1288 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - Then he also H1571 made H6213 a delicious H4303 meal H4303, and brought H935 it to his father H1; and he said H559 to his father H1, “Let my father H1 arise H6965 and eat H398 of his son’s H1121 game H6718, that [fn]you may bless H1288 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - you shall say H559, ‘Your servants H5650 have been H1961 [fn]keepers H376 of livestock H4735 since H4480 our youth H5271 even until H5704 now H6258, both H1571 we and our fathers H1,’ so H5668 that H5668 you may live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657; for every H3605 shepherd H7462 is an abomination H8441 to the Egyptians H4714.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:14 - “For this H2088 time H6471 I am going to send H7971 all H3605 My plagues H4046 [fn]on you and your servants H5650 and your people H5971, so H5668 that H5668 you may know H3045 that there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 like H3644 Me in all H3605 the earth H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - “But indeed H199, for this H2088 reason H5668 I have allowed you to [fn]remain H5975, in order H5668 to show H7200 you My power H3581 and in H4616 order H4616 to H4616 proclaim H5608 My name H8034 throughout H3605 the earth H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:8 - “And you shall tell H5046 your son H1121 on that day H3117, saying H559, ‘It is because H5668 of what H2088 the LORD H3068 did H6213 for me when I came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Behold H2009, I will come H935 to you in a thick H5672 cloud H6051, so H5668 that H5668 the people H5971 may hear H8085 when I speak H1696 with you and may also H1571 trust H539 in you forever H5769.” Then Moses H4872 told H5046 the words H1697 of the people H5971 to the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - However, Moses H4872 said H559 to the people H5971, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372; for God H430 has come H935 in order H5668 to test H5254 you, and in order H5668 that the fear H3374 of Him may [fn]remain H1961 H6440 with you, so that you will not sin H2398.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - Her rival H6869, moreover, would provoke H3707 her bitterly H1571 H3708 to irritate H7481 her, because H3588 the LORD H3068 had closed H5462 H1157 her womb H7358.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - “For the LORD H3068 will not abandon H5203 His people H5971 on account H5668 of His great H1419 name H8034, because H3588 the LORD H3068 has been pleased H2974 to make H6213 you a people H5971 for Himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - Then David H1732 said H559, “LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478, Your servant H5650 has heard H8085 for H8085 certain H8085 that Saul H7586 is seeking H1245 to come H935 to Keilah H7084 to destroy H7843 the city H5892 on my account H5668.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - And David H1732 realized H3045 that the LORD H3068 had appointed H3559 him as king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478, and that He had exalted H5375 his kingdom H4467 for the sake H5668 of His people H5971 Israel H3478.

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Now it was reported H5046 to King H4428 David H1732, saying H559, “The LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 and all H3605 that belongs to him, on account H5668 of the ark H727 of God H430.” So David H1732 went H1980 and brought H5927 the ark H727 of God H430 up H5927 from the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 to the city H5892 of David H1732 with joy H8057.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:21 - “For the sake H5668 of Your word H1697, and according to Your heart H3820, You have done H6213 all H3605 this H2088 greatness H1420, to let Your servant H5650 know H3045.

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Then David H1732 said H559, “Is H3426 there H3426 [fn]anyone H834 still H5750 left H3498 of the house H1004 of Saul H7586, so that I could show H6213 him kindness H2617 for Jonathan’s H3083 sake H5668?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - Then David H1732 said H559 to him, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372, for I will assuredly H6213 show H6213 kindness H2617 to you for the sake H5668 of your father H1 Jonathan H3083, and I will restore H7725 to you all H3605 the [fn]land H7704 of your [fn]grandfather H1 Saul H7586; and you yourself H859 shall [fn]eat H398 at my table H7979 regularly H8548.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - the commanders H8269 of the Ammonites H1121 H5983 said H559 to their lord H113 Hanun H2586, “[fn]Do you think H5869 that David H1732 is simply honoring H3513 your father H1 since H3588 he has sent H7971 you servants [fn]to console H5162 you? Has David H1732 not sent H7971 his servants H5650 to you in order H5668 to explore H2713 the city H5892, to spy H7270 it out H7270 and overthrow H2015 it?”

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Then his servants H5650 said H559 to him, “What H4100 is this H2088 thing H1697 that you have done H6213? You fasted H6684 and wept H1058 for the child H3206 while he was [fn]alive H2416; but when H834 the child H3206 died H4191, you got H6965 up H6965 and ate H398 food H3899.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:25 - and sent H7971 word through H3027 Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, and he named H7121 H8034 him [fn]Jedidiah H3041 for the LORD’S H3068 sake H5668.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - But Amnon H550 was H6887 so frustrated H6887 on account H5668 of his sister H269 Tamar H8559 that he made H2470 himself ill H2470, for H3588 she was a virgin H1330, and it [fn]seemed H6381 H5869 too H6381 difficult H6381 to Amnon H550 to do H6213 anything H3972 to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - “In order H5668 to change H5437 the appearance H6440 of things H1697 your servant H5650 Joab H3097 has done H6213 this H2088 thing H1697. But my lord H113 is wise H2450, like the wisdom H2451 of the angel H4397 of God H430, to know H3045 all H3605 that is on the earth H776.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - Then Absalom H53 and all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 said H559, “The advice H6098 of Hushai H2365 the Archite H757 is better H2896 than H4480 the advice H6098 of Ahithophel H302.” For the LORD H3068 had ordained H6680 to foil H6565 the good H2896 advice H6098 of Ahithophel H302, in order H5668 for the LORD H3068 to bring H935 disaster H7451 on Absalom H53.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18 - Now Absalom H53 in his lifetime H2416 had taken H3947 and set H5324 up H5324 for himself a memorial H4676 stone H4676, which H834 is in the King’s H4428 Valley H6010, for he said H559, “I have H369 no H369 son H1121 to [fn]continue H2142 my name H8034.” So he named H7121 the memorial H4676 stone H4676 after H5921 his own name H8034, and it is called H7121 Absalom’s H53 Monument H3027 to this H2088 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - And David H1732 realized H3045 that the LORD H3068 had established H3559 him as king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478, and that his kingdom H4438 was highly H4605 exalted H5375, for the sake H5668 of His people H5971 Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:19 - “LORD H3068, for Your servant’s H5650 sake H5668, and according to Your own heart H3820, You have accomplished H6213 all H3605 this H2088 greatness H1420, to make H3045 known H3045 all H3605 these great H1420 things H1420.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the commanders H8269 among the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 said H559 to Hanun H2586, “[fn]Do you think H5869 that David H1732 is honoring H3513 your father H1, in that he has sent H7971 comforters H5162 to you? Have his servants H5650 not come H935 to you to search H2713, to demolish H2015, and to spy H7270 out H7270 the land H776?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19 - For the LORD H3068 had humbled H3665 Judah H3063 because H5668 of Ahaz H271 king H4428 of Israel H3478, for he had brought H6544 about H6544 a lack H6544 of H6544 restraint H6544 in Judah H3063 and was very H4604 unfaithful H4604 to the LORD H3068.

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“Therefore H3651 my disquieting H5587 thoughts H5587 make me [fn]respond H7725,

Even because H5668 of my [fn]inward agitation H2363.

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And that H5668 they might keep H8104 His statutes H2706

And comply H5341 with H5341 His laws H8451;

[fn]Praise H1984 [fn]the LORD H3050!

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They also provoked H7107 Him to H7107 wrath H7107 at the waters H4325 of [fn]Meribah H4809,

So that it went H7489 badly H7489 for Moses H4872 on their account H5668.

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For the sake H5668 of Your servant H5650 David H1732,

Do not turn H7725 away H7725 the face H6440 of Your anointed H4899.

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Because H5668 the ground H127 is H2865 [fn]cracked H2865,

For there has been H1961 no H3808 rain H1653 on the land H776.

The farmers H406 have been put H954 to H954 shame H954,

They have covered H2645 their heads H7218.

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This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of Israel H3478, and for four H702,

I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,

Because H5921 they sell H4376 the righteous H6662 for [fn]money H3701,

And the needy H34 for a pair of sandals H5275.

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So as to buy H7069 the helpless H1800 for [fn]money H3701,

And the needy H34 for a pair of sandals H5275,

And that we may sell H7666 the refuse H4651 of the wheat H1250?”

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“Arise H6965 and go H1980,

For this H2088 is no H3808 place H4496 of H4496 rest H4496

Because H5668 of the uncleanness H2932 that brings H2254 on destruction H2254,

A painful H4834 destruction H2256.

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