Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H14
אָבָה
a.vah · “be willing”
Used 54 times across 17 books
Definition
1) to be willing, consent
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be willing
1a2) to consent, yield to, accept
1a3) to desire
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be willing
1a2) to consent, yield to, accept
1a3) to desire
Where it appears
Genesis2
Exodus1
Leviticus1
Deuteronomy7
Joshua1
Judges4
1 Samuel4
2 Samuel10
1 Kings2
2 Kings3
1 Chronicles4
2 Chronicles1
Job1
Psalms1
Proverbs4
Isaiah5
Ezekiel3
In the text
Genesis 24:5And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?Genesis 24:8And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.Exodus 10:27But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.Leviticus 26:21And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.Deuteronomy 1:26Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God:Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.Deuteronomy 10:10And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee.Deuteronomy 13:9But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.Deuteronomy 23:6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.Deuteronomy 25:7And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
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