Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
KJV Usage: consent, rest content will, be willing
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָבָה (a.vah) — be willing. 1) to be willing, consent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be willing 1a2) to consent, yield to, accept 1a3) to desire
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אֶבְיֹון · אֲבִיֹּונָה
Willing | verb qal
to be willing to = state in which someone is willing to do something
GEN 24:5 · GEN 24:8 · EXO 10:27 · LEV 26:21 · DEU 1:26 · DEU 2:30 · DEU 10:10 · DEU 23:6 · DEU 25:7 · DEU 29:19 · JOS 24:10 · JDG 11:17 · JDG 19:10 · JDG 19:25 · JDG 20:13 · 1SA 15:9 · 1SA 22:17 · 1SA 26:23 · 1SA 31:4 · 2SA 2:21 · 2SA 6:10 · 2SA 12:17 · 2SA 13:14 · 2SA 13:16 · 2SA 13:25 · 2SA 14:29 · 2SA 14:29 · 2SA 23:16 · 2SA 23:17 · 1KI 20:8 · 1KI 22:50 · 2KI 8:19 · 2KI 13:23 · 2KI 24:4 · 1CH 10:4 · 1CH 11:18 · 1CH 11:19 · 1CH 19:19 · 2CH 21:7 · JOB 39:9 · PRO 1:10 · ISA 28:12 · ISA 30:9 · ISA 30:15 · ISA 42:24 · EZK 3:7 · EZK 3:7 · EZK 20:8
Willing | verb qal | ≈ שׁמע
to accept, to want to have something to do with = state in which someone is willing to accept and associate with another person or with God
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָבָה vb. be willing, consent (cf. As. abîtu, command, Dl W, Eth. Ethiopic refuse, Ar. Arabic, id., Nejd be willing So De Jes 3, p. 26; LCB 1880, 817)— Qal (c. לֹא, אַל exc. Is 1:19 Jb 39:9; in Hex. rare & Only JED, incl. Lv 26:21); Pf. אָבָה Ex 10:27 + אָבוּ Ju 19:25 + 7 t.; אָבוּא Is 28:12 (Sta § 31 R.2; Kö I, 414); Impf. יֹאבֶה Dt 29:19 + 2 t.; 2 ms. juss. תֹּבֵֽא Pr 1:10 (Sta § 143 e 1 nn; Kö I, 578 f) etc.; Pt. אֹבִים Ez 3:7;—be willing, sq. Inf. with ל Ex 10:27 + 29 t.; without ל Dt 2:30 + 8 t.; subj. י׳ Dt 10:10 23:6 29:19 Jos 24:10 2 K 8:19 13:23 24:4 2 Ch 21:7; human subj. Gn 24:5, 8 Ju 19:10 2 S 2:21 13:2514:29, 29 23:16, 17 = 1 Ch 11:18, 19 1 Ch 19:19; in bad sense Ex 10:27 Dt 2:30 25:7 Ju 19:25 20:13 2 S 13:14, 16;esp. of perverse Isr. Lv 26:21 Dt 1:26 I S 15:9 Is 28:12 30:9 42:24 Ez 3:7, 7 20:8; subj. animal, רֵּים Jb 39:9; abs. (no Inf.) 2 S 12:17 1 K 20:8 22:50; cf. Pr 6:35, of jealous man; bad sense Ju 11:17 Is 30:15; good sense I S 22:17 26:23 31:4 = 1 Ch 10:4 2 S 6:10 Pr 1:10; + vb. fin. Is 1:19 (אִם תֹּאבוּ וּשְׁמַעְתֶּם); consent, yield to, sq. לַעֲצָתִי Pr 1:30; sq. acc. תוֹכַחְתִּי v 25 (all in bad sense).
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