אֲבָלʼăbâl
nay, i.e. truly or yet
Pronunciation: ab-awl' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H61
Meanings
1. verily, of a truth, nay, but (Genesis 42:21; 2 Samuel 14:5; 1 Kings 1:43)
2. howbeit, but (Daniel 10:7; Daniel 10:21; Ezra 10:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 17:19 But God replied, “No—Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.
- Genesis 42:21 Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his anguish when he pleaded for his life, but we wouldn’t listen. That’s why we’re in this trouble.”
- 2 Samuel 14:5 “What’s the trouble?” the king asked. “Alas, I am a widow!” she replied. “My husband is dead.
- 1 Kings 1:43 “Not at all!” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has just declared Solomon king!
- 2 Kings 4:14 Later Elisha asked Gehazi, “What can we do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She doesn’t have a son, and her husband is an old man.”
- 2 Chronicles 1:4 David had already moved the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the tent he had prepared for it in Jerusalem.
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).