עָבוּר

a.vur · for the sake of

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

English

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.

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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. Exodus 20:20 לְבַֽעֲבוּר֙ le.va.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing

    And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

  2. Exodus 20:20 וּבַעֲב֗וּר u.va.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing

    And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 2 Samuel 5:12 בַּעֲב֖וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

  7. 2 Samuel 6:12 בַּעֲב֖וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it was told king David, saying, Jehovah hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.

  8. 2 Samuel 7:21 בַּעֲב֤וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.

  9. 2 Samuel 9:1 בַּעֲב֖וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

  10. 2 Samuel 9:7 בַּֽעֲבוּר֙ ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And David said unto him, Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

  11. 2 Samuel 10:3 בַּעֲב֞וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing

    But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

  12. 2 Samuel 12:21 בַּעֲב֞וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

  13. 2 Samuel 12:25 בַּעֲב֖וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake.

  14. 2 Samuel 13:2 בַּֽעֲבוּר֙ ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything unto her.

  15. 2 Samuel 14:20 לְבַעֲב֤וּר le.va.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing

    to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

  16. 2 Samuel 17:14 לְבַעֲב֗וּר le.va.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing

    And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

  17. 2 Samuel 18:18 בַּעֲב֖וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing

    Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, unto this day.

  18. 1 Chronicles 14:2 בַּעֲב֖וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake.

  19. 1 Chronicles 17:19 בַּעֲב֤וּר ba.'a.Vur · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    O Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

  20. 1 Chronicles 19:3 בַּ֠עֲבוּר Ba.'a.vur · A person, place or thing

    But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

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