אָבָהʼâbâh
be willing, consent
Pronunciation: aw-baw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H14
Meanings
Qal: be willing, consent, yield to (Isaiah 1:19; Job 39:9; Leviticus 26:21)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 54 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 24:5 The servant asked, “But what if I can’t find a young woman who is willing to travel so far from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives in the land you came from?”
- Genesis 24:8 If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there.”
- Exodus 10:27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart once more, and he would not let them go.
- Leviticus 26:21 “If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey me, I will inflict disaster on you seven times over for your sins.
- Deuteronomy 1:26 “But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God and refused to go in.
- Deuteronomy 2:30 “But King Sihon of Heshbon refused to allow us to pass through, because the Lord your God made Sihon stubborn and defiant so he could help you defeat him, as he has now done.
See every passage
- Genesis 24:5, 24:8
- Exodus 10:27
- Leviticus 26:21
- Deuteronomy 1:26, 2:30, 10:10, 13:8, 23:5, 25:7, 29:20
- Joshua 24:10
- Judges 11:17, 19:10, 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, 22:49
- 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
- Psalms 81:11
- Proverbs 1:10, 1:25, 1:30, 6:35
- Isaiah 1:19, 28:12, 30:9, 30:15, 42:24
- Ezekiel 3:7, 20:8
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).