abah: to be willing, to consent Original Word: אָבָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: abah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-baw')
Short Definition: willing
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to be willing, to consent
NASB Word Usage
consent (5), obey (1), refuse* (1), refused* (1), satisfied (1), unwilling* (3), want (1), willing (23), would (16), would...accept (1), yield (1).
I. אָבָה verb be willing, consent (compare Assyrian abîtu, command, DlW, Ethiopic  refuse, Arabic  , id., Nejd be willing SoDe Jes 3, p. 26; LCB 1880, 817) — Qal (with לֹא, אַל except Isaiah 1:19; Job 39:9; in Hexateuch rare & only J E D, including Leviticus 26:21); Perfect אָבָה Exodus 10:27 + אָבוּ Judges 19:25 7t.; אָבוּא Isaiah 28:12 (Sta§ 31 R. 2; Kö1, 414); Imperfect יֹאבֶה Deuteronomy 29:19 2t.; 2 masculine singular jussive תֹּבֵא Proverbs 1:10 (Sta§ 143 e 1 fin; Kö1, 576 f) etc.; Participle אֹבִים Ezekiel 3:7; — be willing, followed by Infinitive with ל Exodus 10:27 29t.; without ל Deuteronomy 2:30 8t.; subject ׳י Deuteronomy 10:10; Deuteronomy 23:6; Deuteronomy 29:19; Joshua 24:10; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 13:23; 2 Kings 24:4; 2Chronicles 21:7; human subject Genesis 24:5,8; Judges 19:10; 2 Samuel 2:21; 2 Samuel 13:25; 2 Samuel 14:29 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 23:16,17 = 1 Chronicles 11:18,19; 1 Chronicles 19:19; in bad sense Exodus 10:27; Deuteronomy 2:30; Deuteronomy 25:7; Judges 19:25; Judges 20:13; 2 Samuel 13:14,16; especially of perverse Israel Leviticus 26:21; Deuteronomy 1:26; 1 Samuel 15:9; Isaiah 28:12; Isaiah 30:9; Isaiah 42:24; Ezekiel 3:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 20:8; subject animal, רֵים Job 39:9; absolute (no Infinitive) 2 Samuel 12:17; 1 Kings 20:8; 1 Kings 22:50; compare Proverbs 6:35, of jealous man; bad sense Judges 11:17; Isaiah 30:15; good sense 1 Samuel 22:17; 1 Samuel 26:23; 1 Samuel 31:4 = 1 Chronicles 10:4; 2 Samuel 6:10; Proverbs 1:10; + finite verb Isaiah 1:19 (אִם תּאֹבוּ וּשְׁמַעְתֶּם); consent, yield to, followed by לוֺ Deuteronomy 13:9 (good sense); followed by לִי Psalm 81:12; followed by לַעֲצָתִי Proverbs 1:30; followed by accusative תּוֺכַחְתִּי Proverbs 1:25 (all in bad sense).
 |
consent, rest content will, be willing A primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent -- consent, rest content will, be willing.
wa·’ă·ḇad·dō·wn — 1 Occ.
wə·’aḇ·ḏān — 1 Occ.
bə·’ā·ḇə·ḏan — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇāh — 28 Occ.
’ă·ḇî·ṯem — 3 Occ.
’ā·ḇî·ṯî — 2 Occ.
’ā·ḇū — 9 Occ.
hă·yō·ḇeh — 1 Occ.
’ō·ḇîm — 1 Occ.
tō·ḇê — 1 Occ.
ṯō·ḇū — 2 Occ.
way·yit·tên — 1 Occ.
yō·ḇeh — 2 Occ.
yō·ḇū — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇî — 1 Occ.
’ê·ḇeh — 1 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·w — 1 Occ.
’ă·ḇū·se·ḵā — 1 Occ.
’ê·ḇūs — 2 Occ.
’iḇ·ḥaṯ- — 1 Occ.
| | 
Strong's Hebrew 14
55 Occurrences
’ā·ḇāh — 28 Occ.
’ă·ḇî·ṯem — 3 Occ.
’ā·ḇî·ṯî — 2 Occ.
’ā·ḇū — 9 Occ.
hă·yō·ḇeh — 1 Occ.
’ō·ḇîm — 1 Occ.
tō·ḇê — 1 Occ.
ṯō·ḇeh — 4 Occ.
ṯō·ḇū — 2 Occ.
way·yit·tên — 1 Occ.
yō·ḇeh — 2 Occ.
yō·ḇū — 1 Occ.
Genesis 24:5
BIB: אוּלַי֙ לֹא־ תֹאבֶ֣ה הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה לָלֶ֥כֶת
NAS: the woman is not willing to follow
KJV: unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow
INT: Suppose is not willing the woman alongGenesis 24:8
BIB: וְאִם־ לֹ֨א תֹאבֶ֤ה הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת
NAS: the woman is not willing to follow
KJV: And if the woman will not be willing to follow
INT: if is not willing the woman along Genesis 47:11
BIB: וְאֶת־ אֶחָיו֒ וַיִּתֵּ֨ן לָהֶ֤ם אֲחֻזָּה֙
INT: his father and his brothers would A possession the land Exodus 10:27
BIB: פַּרְעֹ֑ה וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃
NAS: heart, and he was not willing to let them go.
KJV: heart, and he would not let them go.
INT: Pharaoh's was not willing to let Leviticus 26:21
BIB: קֶ֔רִי וְלֹ֥א תֹאב֖וּ לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ לִ֑י
KJV: contrary unto me, and will not hearken
INT: hostility not and will to obey will increase Deuteronomy 1:26
BIB: וְלֹ֥א אֲבִיתֶ֖ם לַעֲלֹ֑ת וַתַּמְר֕וּ
NAS: Yet you were not willing to go
KJV: Notwithstanding ye would not go up,
INT: were not willing to go rebelled Deuteronomy 2:30
BIB: וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֗ה סִיחֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ
NAS: of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass
KJV: of Heshbon would not let us pass
INT: was not willing Sihon king Deuteronomy 10:10
BIB: הַהִ֔וא לֹא־ אָבָ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה הַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: the LORD was not willing to destroy
KJV: also, [and] the LORD would not destroy
INT: he was not willing the LORD to destroy Deuteronomy 13:8
BIB: לֹא־ תֹאבֶ֣ה ל֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א
NAS: you shall not yield to him or listen
KJV: Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken
INT: nor yield nor listen Deuteronomy 23:5
BIB: וְלֹֽא־ אָבָ֞ה יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙
NAS: your God was not willing to listen
KJV: thy God would not hearken
INT: was not willing the LORD your God Deuteronomy 25:7
BIB: בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה יַבְּמִֽי׃
NAS: in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband's brother
KJV: in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
INT: Israel is not willing to perform Deuteronomy 29:20
BIB: לֹא־ יֹאבֶ֣ה יְהוָה֮ סְלֹ֣חַֽ
NAS: shall never be willing to forgive
KJV: The LORD will not spare
INT: shall never be willing the LORD to forgive Joshua 24:10
BIB: וְלֹ֥א אָבִ֖יתִי לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ לְבִלְעָ֑ם
NAS: But I was not willing to listen
KJV: But I would not hearken unto Balaam;
INT: was not willing to listen to Balaam Judges 11:17
BIB: שָׁלַ֖ח וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
NAS: of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel
KJV: of Moab: but he would not [consent]: and Israel
INT: sent not consent remained Israel Judges 19:10
BIB: וְלֹֽא־ אָבָ֤ה הָאִישׁ֙ לָל֔וּן
NAS: But the man was not willing to spend the night,
KJV: But the man would not tarry that night,
INT: was not willing the man to spend Judges 19:25
BIB: וְלֹֽא־ אָב֤וּ הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ
NAS: But the men would not listen
KJV: But the men would not hearken
INT: not would the men listen Judges 20:13
BIB: מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֤א אָבוּ֙ (בְּנֵ֣י ק)
NAS: of Benjamin would not listen
KJV: of Benjamin would not hearken
INT: Israel not would the sons of Benjamin 1 Samuel 15:9
BIB: הַטּ֔וֹב וְלֹ֥א אָב֖וּ הַחֲרִימָ֑ם וְכָל־
NAS: that was good, and were not willing to destroy
KJV: and all [that was] good, and would not utterly destroy
INT: was good and were not willing to destroy and all 1 Samuel 22:17
BIB: ק) וְלֹֽא־ אָב֞וּ עַבְדֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙
NAS: of the king were not willing to put forth
KJV: of the king would not put forth
INT: hearing were not willing the servants of the king 1 Samuel 26:23
BIB: בְּיָ֔ד וְלֹ֣א אָבִ֔יתִי לִשְׁלֹ֥חַ יָדִ֖י
KJV: to day, but I would not stretch forth
INT: into hand not would to stretch my hand 1 Samuel 31:4
BIB: בִ֔י וְלֹ֤א אָבָה֙ נֹשֵׂ֣א כֵלָ֔יו
NAS: bearer would not, for he was greatly
KJV: me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore
INT: and make not would bearer his armor 2 Samuel 2:21
BIB: חֲלִצָת֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־ אָבָ֣ה עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל לָס֖וּר
NAS: But Asahel was not willing to turn aside
KJV: But Asahel would not turn aside
INT: his spoil was not willing Asahel to turn 2 Samuel 6:10
BIB: וְלֹֽא־ אָבָ֣ה דָוִ֗ד לְהָסִ֥יר
KJV: So David would not remove
INT: not would and David to move 2 Samuel 12:17
BIB: הָאָ֑רֶץ וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־ בָרָ֥א
KJV: from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat
INT: the ground not would not choose 2 Samuel 13:14
BIB: וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ בְּקוֹלָ֑הּ
NAS: However, he would not listen
KJV: Howbeit he would not hearken
INT: not would listen her voice 55 Occurrences
|
