עָבוּרʻâbûwr

properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that

Pronunciation: aw-boor' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5668

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 49 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 3:17 And to the man he said, “Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.
  • Genesis 8:21 And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.
  • Genesis 12:13 So please tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.”
  • Genesis 12:16 Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
  • Genesis 18:26 And the Lord replied, “If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake.”
  • Genesis 18:29 Then Abraham pressed his request further. “Suppose there are only forty?” And the Lord replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the forty.”
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