Hebrew word study
עָבַרʻâbar — to cross over
Pronounced “aw-bar'”
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Translated in the King James as: 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) [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, speedily, sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
Appears 553 times in Scripture
Origin: a primitive root;
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 24×
Exodus — 15×
Leviticus — 5×
Numbers — 37×
Deuteronomy — 49×
Joshua — 57×
Judges — 23×
1 Samuel — 26×
2 Samuel — 47×
1 Kings — 12×
2 Kings — 18×
1 Chronicles — 4×
2 Chronicles — 12×
Nehemiah — 5×
Job — 17×
Psalms — 33×
Proverbs — 15×
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Isaiah — 34×
Jeremiah — 27×
Ezekiel — 35×
Hosea — 3×
Joel — 1×
Micah — 6×
Nahum — 4×
Habakkuk — 2×
Zechariah — 6×
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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.