H5666 - עָבָה (ʻâbâh)

H5666 עָבָה (ʻâbâh) aw-baw'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to thicken

Strong's Definition

to be dense

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: be (grow) thick(-er).

TWOT Reference: 1554

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to be thick, be fat, be gross

1a) (Qal) to be fat, be thick, be gross

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) to be thick, be fat, be gross 1a) (Qal) to be fat, be thick, be gross

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָבָה ‛âbâh BDB Definition: 1) to be thick, be fat, be gross 1a) (Qal) to be fat, be thick, be gross Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 1554 Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

32:15

12:10

10:10

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

1 Kings 12:10

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 must make it lighter -. This is what you should tell them: My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

2 Chronicles 10:10

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 must make it lighter -. This is what you should tell them: My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!