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עָבַר

a.varto passHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb555 occurrences36 books492 verses
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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָבַר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

555 total
  1. 2 Samuel 15:23עֹֽבְרִ֑ים · passed by; עֹבֵר֙ · crossed; עֹבְרִ֔ים · also passed
    Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
  2. 2 Samuel 15:24לַעֲב֥וֹר
    Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had passed out of the city.
  3. 2 Samuel 15:33עָבַ֣רְתָּ · you go on
    David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
  4. 2 Samuel 16:1עָבַ֤ר · had gone
    When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
  5. 2 Samuel 16:9אֶעְבְּרָה־ · Let me go over
    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
  6. 2 Samuel 17:16עָב֣וֹר · be sure to cross over; תַּעֲב֑וֹר
    Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
  7. 2 Samuel 17:20עָבְר֖וּ · They have crossed over
    When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
  8. 2 Samuel 17:21וְעִבְר֤וּ · and cross over
    After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
  9. 2 Samuel 17:22וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ · and crossed; עָבַ֖ר · crossed
    So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
  10. 2 Samuel 17:24עָבַר֙ · crossed
    Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
  11. 2 Samuel 18:9עָבָֽר׃ · kept going
    Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
  12. 2 Samuel 18:23וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר · and outran
    “No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
  13. 2 Samuel 19:15לְהַעֲבִ֥יר · across
    So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
  14. 2 Samuel 19:18וְעָבְרָ֣ה · and crossed; לַֽעֲבִיר֙ · to carry over; בְּעָבְר֖וֹ · crossed
    …and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king
  15. 2 Samuel 19:31וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר · to cross
    Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way from there.
  16. 2 Samuel 19:33עֲבֹ֣ר · Cross over
    The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”
  17. 2 Samuel 19:36יַעֲבֹ֧ר · past
    Your servant will go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?
  18. 2 Samuel 19:37יַֽעֲבֹר֙ · Let him cross over
    Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”
  19. 2 Samuel 19:38יַעֲבֹ֣ר · will cross over
    The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight, and I will do for you whatever you desire of me.”
  20. 2 Samuel 19:39וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ר · crossed; עָבָ֑ר · crossed over
    So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and Barzillai returned home.
  21. 2 Samuel 19:40וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר · crossed over; עָבַ֣ר · crossed over; וַיַּעֲבִרוּ
    Then the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.
  22. 2 Samuel 19:41וַיַּעֲבִ֨רוּ · across
    Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
  23. 2 Samuel 20:13עָבַ֤ר · went on
    As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
  24. 2 Samuel 20:14וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר · Sheba passed
    Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
  25. 2 Samuel 24:5וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ · They crossed
    They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
  26. 2 Samuel 24:10הַֽעֲבֶר־ · to take away
    After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
  27. 2 Samuel 24:20עֹבְרִ֖ים · coming
    When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
  28. 1 Kings 2:37וְעָֽבַרְתָּ֙ · and cross
    On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”
  29. 1 Kings 6:21וַיְעַבֵּ֞ר · and he extended
    So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.
  30. 1 Kings 9:8עֹבֵ֥ר · who pass
    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
  31. 1 Kings 13:25עֹבְרִ֗ים · passing by
    And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
  32. 1 Kings 15:12וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר · He banished
    He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
  33. 1 Kings 18:6לַֽעֲבָר־ · to explore
    So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.
  34. 1 Kings 18:29כַּעֲבֹ֣ר · Midday passed
    Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.
  35. 1 Kings 19:11עֹבֵ֗ר · is about to pass by
    Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
  36. 1 Kings 19:19וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר · passed
    So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
  37. 1 Kings 20:39עֹבֵ֔ר · passed by
    As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
  38. 1 Kings 22:24עָבַ֧ר · when He departed
    Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
  39. 1 Kings 22:36וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר · rang out
    As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
  40. 2 Kings 2:8וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ · of them crossed over
    And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
  41. 2 Kings 2:9כְעָבְרָ֗ם · they had crossed over
    After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.