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. Amos 2:6 בַּעֲב֥וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes—

  2. Amos 8:6 בַּעֲב֣וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

Greek and Hebrew data: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0. All sources and licences