ʻâbar — H5674

H5674 · Hebrew — עבר

Pronunciation: aw-bar'

Definition

verb

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

  1. to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress
    1. (Qal)
      1. to pass over, cross, cross over, pass over, march over, overflow, go over
      2. to pass beyond
      3. to pass through, traverse
        1. passers-through (participle)
        2. to pass through (the parts of victim in covenant)
      4. to pass along, pass by, overtake and pass, sweep by
        1. passer-by (participle)
        2. to be past, be over
      5. to pass on, go on, pass on before, go in advance of, pass along, travel, advance
      6. to pass away
        1. to emigrate, leave (one's territory)
        2. to vanish
        3. to perish, cease to exist
        4. to become invalid, become obsolete (of law, decree)
        5. to be alienated, pass into other hands
    2. (Niphal) to be crossed
    3. (Piel) to impregnate, cause to cross
    4. (Hiphil)
      1. to cause to pass over, cause to bring over, cause to cross over, make over to, dedicate, devote
      2. to cause to pass through
      3. to cause to pass by or beyond or under, let pass by
      4. to cause to pass away, cause to take away
    5. (Hithpael) to pass over

Usually translated as

pass, go, come, transgress, beyond, proclamation, carry over, convey over, fail, get over, send over, sound, sweet smelling, take, alienate, bring, overcome, current, enter, escape, make partition, passage, proclaim, perish, provoke to anger, set apart, shave, speedily, translate, faring man, wayfaring man, alter, at all, conduct, deliver, do away, gender, have away, lay, meddle, overrun, passenger, put away, rage, raiser of taxes, remove, cause to, transgressor, turn away, be wrath

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻâbar occurs 556 times in 492 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (21), Exodus (13), Leviticus (4), Numbers (31), Deuteronomy (44), Joshua (49), Judges (20), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (21), 2 Samuel (37), 1 Kings (12), 2 Kings (17), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (12), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (4), Esther (7), Job (16), Psalms (33), Proverbs (13), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (5), Isaiah (30), Jeremiah (26), Lamentations (4), Ezekiel (29), Daniel (4), Hosea (3), Joel (1), Amos (6), Jonah (2), Micah (5), Nahum (4), Habakkuk (2), Zephaniah (3), Zechariah (5)