Hebrew · Strong's H5674 · Verb

עָבַר

a·var

to pass

498times used
441verses
35books

How it's translated

Definition

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

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to pass over, cross, cross over, pass over, march over, overflow, go over

1a2) to pass beyond

1a3) to pass through, traverse

1a3a) passers-through (participle)

1a3b) to pass through (the parts of victim in covenant)

1a4) to pass along, pass by, overtake and pass, sweep by

Other senses of this number: be angry, to pass: bring, to pass: trespass, (Valley of) the Travelers, be arrogant

The forms it takes

Stem

  • Qal 84% simple action
  • Hiphil 14% causing someone to do it
  • Hithpael 1% doing it to yourself, or again and again
  • Piel <1% intensive, or bringing about a state
  • Niphal <1% passive or reflexive

Form

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Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

…and 25 more books.

Every verse

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English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.