This word comes from the name of Valley of the Travelers.
Definition
a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Traditional renderings: alienate, alter, × at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, shave, cause to (make) sound, × speedily, × sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
Traditional renderings: alienate, alter, × at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, shave, cause to (make) sound, × speedily, × sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָבַר:
- διαβαίνωdiabainō“to cross”25%
- παρέρχομαιparerchomai“to pass by”20%
- διέρχομαιdierchomai“to pass through”15%
- παραπορεύομαιparaporeuomai“to pass by/through”6%
- ἐπέρχομαιeperchomai“to arrive/invade”3%
- καίkai“and”3%
- ἀφαιρέωaphaireō“to remove”2%
- διαπορεύωdiaporeuō“to go through”2%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
555 total
- Zechariah 7:14מֵֽעֹבֵ֖ר · so that no one could comeBut I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”
- Zechariah 9:8מֵעֹבֵ֣ר · because of those who march to and fro; יַעֲבֹ֧ר · overrunBut I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
- Zechariah 10:11וְעָבַ֨ר · They will passThey will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
- Zechariah 13:2אַעֲבִ֥יר · I will also removeAnd on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.