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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. Genesis 8:1וַיַּעֲבֵ֨ר
    But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
  2. Genesis 12:6וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר · traveled
    Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
  3. Genesis 15:17עָבַ֔ר · appeared and passed
    When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
  4. Genesis 18:3תַעֲבֹ֖ר · pass
    “My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
  5. Genesis 18:5תַּעֲבֹ֔רוּ · you have passed; עֲבַרְתֶּ֖ם · you may continue on your way
    And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
  6. Genesis 23:16עֹבֵ֖ר · according to the standard
    Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
  7. Genesis 30:32אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר · Let me go
    Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
  8. Genesis 31:21וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר · crossed
    So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
  9. Genesis 31:52אֶֽעֱבֹ֤ר · go past; תַעֲבֹ֨ר · go past
    This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.
  10. Genesis 32:10עָבַ֙רְתִּי֙ · I came across
    I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
  11. Genesis 32:16עִבְר֣וּ · Go on
    He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”
  12. Genesis 32:21וַתַּעֲבֹ֥ר · went
    So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
  13. Genesis 32:22וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר · and crossed
    During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
  14. Genesis 32:23וַיַּֽעֲבִרֵ֖ם · and sent them across; וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֖ר
    He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
  15. Genesis 32:31עָבַ֖ר · he passed by
    The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
  16. Genesis 33:3עָבַ֣ר · went on
    But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
  17. Genesis 33:14יַעֲבָר־ · go
    Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
  18. Genesis 37:28וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֩ · passed by
    So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
  19. Genesis 41:46וַֽיַּעְבֹ֖ר · and traveled
    Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
  20. Genesis 47:21הֶעֱבִ֥יר · and Joseph reduced
    …and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
  21. Genesis 50:4וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֙ · had passed
    When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
  22. Exodus 12:12וְעָבַרְתִּ֣י · I will pass
    On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
  23. Exodus 12:23וְעָבַ֣ר · passes through
    When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
  24. Exodus 13:12וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ֥ · you are to present
    …you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.
  25. Exodus 15:16יַעֲבֹ֤ר · pass by; יַעֲבֹ֖ר · pass by
    …and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
  26. Exodus 17:5עֲבֹר֙ · Walk on
    And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
  27. Exodus 30:13הָעֹבֵר֙ · who crosses
    Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
  28. Exodus 30:14הָעֹבֵר֙ · who crosses
    Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.
  29. Exodus 32:27עִבְר֨וּ · go back and forth
    He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
  30. Exodus 33:19אַעֲבִ֤יר · to pass
    “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
  31. Exodus 33:22בַּעֲבֹ֣ר · passes by; עָבְרִֽי׃ · I have passed by
    …and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
  32. Exodus 34:6וַיַּעֲבֹ֨ר · passed
    Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
  33. Exodus 36:6וַיַּעֲבִ֨ירוּ · they sent
    After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,
  34. Exodus 38:26הָעֹבֵ֜ר · who had crossed over
    …a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
  35. Leviticus 18:21לְהַעֲבִ֣יר · to be sacrificed
    You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
  36. Leviticus 25:9וְהַֽעֲבַרְתָּ֞ · Then you are to sound; תַּעֲבִ֥ירוּ · You shall sound
    Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
  37. Leviticus 26:6תַעֲבֹ֥ר · will pass
    And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
  38. Leviticus 27:32יַעֲבֹ֖ר · passes
    Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.
  39. Numbers 5:14וְעָבַ֨ר · comes over; עָבַ֨ר · comes over
    …and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
  40. Numbers 5:30תַּעֲבֹ֥ר · comes over
    …or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.
  41. Numbers 6:5יַעֲבֹ֣ר · shall touch
    For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.
  42. Numbers 8:7וְהֶעֱבִ֤ירוּ · Have them shave
    This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
  43. Numbers 13:32עָבַ֨רְנוּ · we explored
    So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.