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Lexicon :: Strong's H61 - 'ăḇāl

Aa
אֲבָל
Transliteration
'ăḇāl
Pronunciation
ab-awl'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from אָבַל (H56) through the idea of negation
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 8

Strong’s Definitions

אֲבָל ʼăbâl, ab-awl'; apparently from H56 through the idea of negation; nay, i.e. truly or yet:—but, indeed, nevertheless, verily.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H61 in the following manner: but (4x), verily (3x), indeed (2x), nevertheless (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H61 in the following manner: but (4x), verily (3x), indeed (2x), nevertheless (2x).

  1. truly, verily, surely

  2. but, however, howbeit

  3. contrariwise, nay rather (neg.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲבָל ʼăbâl, ab-awl'; apparently from H56 through the idea of negation; nay, i.e. truly or yet:—but, indeed, nevertheless, verily.
STRONGS H61: Abbreviations
† אֲבָל adverb
1. in older Hebrew with an asseverative force, verily, of a truth Genesis 42:21; 2 Samuel 14:5; 1 Kings 1:43; 2 Kings 4:14, with a slight adversative force, nay, but Genesis 17:19 (P).
2. in late Hebrew as a decided adversative, howbeit, but Daniel 10:7, 21; Ezra 10:13; 2 Chronicles 1:4; 19:3; 33:17 (compare Arabic بَلْ of a truth, sometimes, from the context, nay rather Qor 2:82; 2:94; 2:110; 2:129; 2:149; 2:165; 2:261; 3:143; 4:52 etc.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:19; 42:21

2 Samuel

14:5

1 Kings

1:43

2 Kings

4:14

2 Chronicles

1:4; 19:3; 33:17

Ezra

10:13

Daniel

10:7; 10:21

H61

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H61 matches the Hebrew אֲבָל ('ăḇāl),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:19 - But God H430 said H559, “No H61, but your wife H802 Sarah H8283 will bear H3205 you a son H1121, and you shall name H7121 H8034 him [fn]Isaac H3327; and I will establish H6965 My covenant H1285 with him as an everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 for his [fn]descendants H2233 after H310 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Then they said H559 to one H376 another H251, “Truly H61 we are guilty H818 concerning H5921 our brother H251, because H834 we saw H7200 the distress H6869 of his soul H5315 when he pleaded H2603 with us, yet we would not listen H8085; for that H3651 reason H3651 this H2088 distress H6869 has happened H935 to us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:5 - And the king H4428 said H559 to her, “What H4100 is troubling you?” And she [fn]answered H559, “Truly H61 I am a widow H802 H490, for my husband H376 is dead H4191.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - But Jonathan H3083 replied H6030 to Adonijah H138, “On the contrary H61! Our lord H113 King H4428 David H1732 has made H4427 Solomon H8010 king H4428!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - So he said H559, “What H4100 then is to be done H6213 for her?” And Gehazi H1522 [fn]answered H559, “It is a fact H61 that she has H369 no H369 son H1121, and her husband H376 is H2204 old H2204.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - However H61, David H1732 had brought H5927 up H5927 the ark H727 of God H430 from Kiriath-jearim H7157 [fn]to the place he had prepared H3559 for it, for he had pitched H5186 a tent H168 for it in Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - “But [fn]there H4672 is H4672 some good H2896 in you, for you have removed H1197 the [fn]Asheroth H842 from the land H776 and you have set H3559 your heart H3824 to seek H1875 God H430.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:17 - However H61, the people H5971 still H5750 sacrificed H2076 on the high H1116 places H1116, although only H7534 to the LORD H3068 their God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - “However H61, there are many H7227 people H5971, it is the rainy H1653 season H6256, and we are not able H3581 to stand H5975 in the open H2351. Nor H3808 can the task H4399 be done in one H259 or two H8147 days H3117, because H3588 we have done H6586 a great H7235 wrong H6586 in this H2088 matter H1697.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7 - Now I, Daniel H1840, alone H905 saw H7200 the vision H4759, while the men H376 who H834 were with me did not see H7200 the vision H4759; nevertheless H61, a great H1419 fear H2731 fell H5307 on them, and they ran H1272 away H1272 to hide H2244 themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:21 - “However H61, I will tell H5046 you what is recorded H7559 in the writing H3791 of truth H571. Yet there H369 is H369 no H369 one H259 who [fn]stands H2388 firmly H2388 with me against H5921 these H428 forces except H3588 H518 Michael H4317 your prince H8269.
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