עָבָה
a.vah
“to thicken”
Definition
to be dense
a primitive root;
- to be thick, be fat, be gross 1a) (Qal) to be fat, be thick, be gross
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
עָבָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged.He abandoned the God who made himand scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.