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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. Proverbs 9:15לְעֹֽבְרֵי־ · to those who pass by
    …calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
  2. Proverbs 10:25כַּעֲב֣וֹר · passes
    When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
  3. Proverbs 14:16מִתְעַבֵּ֥ר · and reckless
    A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
  4. Proverbs 19:11עֲבֹ֣ר · is to overlook
    A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
  5. Proverbs 20:2מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹ · whoever provokes [him]
    The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
  6. Proverbs 22:3עָבְר֥וּ · keep going
    The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
  7. Proverbs 24:30עָבַ֑רְתִּי · I went
    I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
  8. Proverbs 26:10עֹבְרִֽים׃ · passerby
    Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
  9. Proverbs 26:17עֹבֵ֥ר · is a passerby; מִ֝תְעַבֵּ֗ר · who meddles
    Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
  10. Proverbs 27:12עָבְר֥וּ · keep going
    The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
  11. Ecclesiastes 11:10וְהַעֲבֵ֥ר · and cast off
    So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
  12. Song of Solomon 2:11עָבָ֑ר · is past
    For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
  13. Song of Solomon 3:4שֶׁעָבַ֣רְתִּי · passed
    I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
  14. Song of Solomon 5:5עֹבֵ֔ר · with flowing
    I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
  15. Song of Solomon 5:6עָבָ֑ר · and gone
    I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.
  16. Song of Solomon 5:13עֹבֵֽר׃ · with flowing
    His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
  17. Isaiah 8:8וְעָבַ֔ר · and sweeping over it
    It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
  18. Isaiah 8:21וְעָ֥בַר · They will roam the land
    They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
  19. Isaiah 10:28עָבַ֣ר · and passed through
    Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
  20. Isaiah 10:29עָֽבְרוּ֙ · They have crossed
    They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
  21. Isaiah 16:8עָ֥בְרוּ · and passed over
    For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
  22. Isaiah 23:2עֹבֵ֥ר · whose traders
    Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
  23. Isaiah 23:6עִבְר֖וּ · Cross over
    Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
  24. Isaiah 23:10עִבְרִ֥י · Cultivate
    Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
  25. Isaiah 23:12עֲבֹ֔רִי · and cross over
    He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
  26. Isaiah 24:5עָבְר֤וּ · they have transgressed
    The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
  27. Isaiah 26:20יַעֲבוֹר · has passed
    Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
  28. Isaiah 28:15עָבַר · passes through
    For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
  29. Isaiah 28:18יַֽעֲבֹ֔ר · passes through
    Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
  30. Isaiah 28:19עָבְרוֹ֙ · it passes through; יַעֲבֹ֖ר · it will sweep through
    As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
  31. Isaiah 29:5עֹבֵר֙ · like blowing
    But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
  32. Isaiah 31:9יַֽעֲב֔וֹר · will pass away
    Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
  33. Isaiah 33:8עֹבֵ֣ר · travel
    The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
  34. Isaiah 33:21יַעַבְרֶֽנּוּ׃ · will pass
    But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.
  35. Isaiah 34:10עֹבֵ֖ר · pass
    It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
  36. Isaiah 35:8יַעַבְרֶ֥נּוּ · travel it
    And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
  37. Isaiah 40:27יַעֲבֽוֹר׃ · is ignored
    Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
  38. Isaiah 41:3יַעֲב֣וֹר · going on
    He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
  39. Isaiah 43:2תַעֲבֹ֤ר · you pass
    When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
  40. Isaiah 45:14יַעֲבֹ֙רוּ֙ · will come over; יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ · they will come over
    This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
  41. Isaiah 47:2עִבְרִ֥י · [and] wade through
    Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
  42. Isaiah 51:10לַעֲבֹ֥ר · to cross over
    Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
  43. Isaiah 51:23וְנַעֲבֹ֑רָה · so we can walk over you; לַעֹבְרִֽים׃ס · to be traversed
    I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
  44. Isaiah 54:9מֵעֲבֹ֥ר · cover
    “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
  45. Isaiah 60:15עוֹבֵ֑ר · one passing through
    Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.
  46. Isaiah 62:10עִבְר֤וּ · Go out
    Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!