עָבַר
ʻâbar · aw-bar'
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
- to cross over
- used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative
- transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative)
- specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: alienate, alter, [idiom] 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) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
To see and know of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָבַר 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
556 occurrences · 556 OT · 0 NT · 356 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- passed over15 · 10%
- to pass11 · 7%
- and passed over10 · 7%
- passed10 · 7%
- pass10 · 7%
- shall pass through7 · 5%
- and passed7 · 5%
- went over7 · 5%
- pass over7 · 5%
- over7 · 5%
- passed on6 · 4%
- to pass through6 · 4%
- pass on5 · 3%
- passed by5 · 3%
- every one that passeth5 · 3%
- went4 · 3%
- and pass over4 · 3%
- and went over4 · 3%
- to pass over4 · 3%
- went on3 · 2%
- whither ye go3 · 2%
- whither ye go over3 · 2%
- and passed through3 · 2%
- come3 · 2%
- and he passed over3 · 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.