עָבוּר

a.vur · for the sake of

Hebrew · Strong's H5668 · Preposition · Sounds like: aw-boor' · 49 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

or עָבֻר; passive participle of עָבַר; properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that; because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[עָבוּר] n. only in בַּעֲבוּר 47, בַּעֲבֻר, prep. and conj. for the sake of, on account of, in order that

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Samuel 1:6 בַּעֲב֖וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

  2. 1 Samuel 12:22 בַּעֲב֖וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.

  3. 1 Samuel 23:10 בַּעֲבוּרִֽי׃ ba.'a.vu.Ri · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

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