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H5686 עָבַת (ʻâbath) aw-bath'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to weave

Strong's Definition

to interlace, i.e. (figuratively) to pervert

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: wrap up.

TWOT Reference: 1558

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Piel) to wind, weave, weave together

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָבַת (a.vat) — to weave. (Piel) to wind, weave, weave together

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · עָבֹות · עֲבֹת

Think | verb pi

to weave together (a scheme) exact meaning unsure; literally: to weave; possibly: = action by which humans create an elaborate scheme by integrating different components into a single master plan

MIC 7:3

1 MIC 7:3 RSV ESV "weave it together" NIV "conspire together" GNT "scheme together" | NJPS "they grant it" | NRSV "they pervert justice"

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[עָבַת] vb. Pi. wind, weave base

Bible Occurrences (1)

7:3

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