עָבַר avar

Hebrew word for “to pass” · Strong’s H5674 · used 556 times in 493 verses

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Meaning

1) to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress;

Senses in the lexicon

• to pass (498)
• to pass: bring (27)
• to pass: trespass (22)
• be angry (7)
• be arrogant (1)
• (Valley of) the Travelers (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for avar in context, with how often each is used:

• passed over 39
• passed 24
• pass over 24
• passed on 24
• will pass over 24
• will pass 22
• about to pass over 20
• pass 15
• one who passes by 15
• passes on 14
• passed by 12
• pass on 10

Where it is used

Also in 24 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 4 (11), Deuteronomy 2 (10), 2 Samuel 19 (10), Joshua 3 (8), Numbers 32 (7), Genesis 32 (6), Deuteronomy 3 (6), Joshua 15 (6), Numbers 20 (5), Judges 11 (5)

Forms

• עבר 74
• ויעבר 52
• עברו 44
• עברים 29
• יעבר 26
• ועבר 26
• ויעברו 25
• תעבר 15
• עובר 14
• יעברו 13

Words used with it

Words that share verses with avar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יַרְדֵּן yarden “Jordan” 60
• עַד ad “till” 44
• מַי mayim “water” 30
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 35
• שָׁם sham “there” 31
• בְּרִית berit “covenant” 23
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 36
• זֶה zeh “this” 33
• יָם yam “sea” 24
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 28
• גְּבוּל gevul “border” 21
• אֵת et “with” 28

Key verses

The verses using avar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
• Psalms 57:1 — [To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul…
• Isaiah 24:5 — The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
• Isaiah 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the…
• Isaiah 43:2 — When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt…
• Isaiah 45:14 — Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine:…
• Jeremiah 2:20 — For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou…
• Jeremiah 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot…
• Lamentations 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of…
• Ezekiel 9:4 — And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that…
• Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever,…
• Zechariah 13:2 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.