אָבָה
ʼâbâh · aw-baw'
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: consent, rest content will, be willing.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָבָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
54 occurrences · 54 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- would17 · 35%
- but he would3 · 6%
- and would3 · 6%
- will not be willing2 · 4%
- will2 · 4%
- but i would2 · 4%
- and he would1 · 2%
- unto me, and will1 · 2%
- notwithstanding ye would1 · 2%
- thou shalt not consent1 · 2%
- he will1 · 2%
- howbeit he would1 · 2%
- unto me. but he would1 · 2%
- him: howbeit he would1 · 2%
- he would1 · 2%
- nevertheless he would1 · 2%
- therefore he would1 · 2%
- not unto him, nor consent1 · 2%
- it. therefore he would1 · 2%
- neither would1 · 2%
- be willing1 · 2%
- thee, consent1 · 2%
- they would1 · 2%
- neither will he rest content1 · 2%
- if ye be willing1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.