TBESH · H0014
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
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a.vah H14
אָבָה (a.vah) means “be willing” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
אָבָה Hebrew · H14 54 tagged occurrences in 52 verses
Pronunciation guide: aw-baw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
KJV glosses: consent, rest content will, be willing.
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How translators render H14
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| would | 5 |
| willing | 3 |
| consent | 2 |
| they were unwilling | 2 |
| to do it | 2 |
| was unwilling | 2 |
| agreed | 1 |
| and wanted | 1 |
| be willing | 1 |
| but i would | 1 |
| but they would | 1 |
| consent to his terms | 1 |
| david refused | 1 |
| i would not | 1 |
| obey | 1 |
| persuaded | 1 |
| refused | 1 |
| the lord has been unwilling | 1 |
| they accepted | 1 |
| they are unwilling | 1 |
| unwilling | 1 |
| will be unwilling | 1 |
| yield | 1 |
| yield to them | 1 |
| you are willing | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| would | 17 |
| and would | 3 |
| but he would | 3 |
| will | 3 |
| but i would | 2 |
| will not be willing | 2 |
| against me and would | 1 |
| and he would | 1 |
| and ye would | 1 |
| be willing | 1 |
| for they would | 1 |
| he will | 1 |
| he would | 1 |
| him howbeit he would | 1 |
| howbeit he would | 1 |
| if ye be willing | 1 |
| it therefore he would | 1 |
| neither will he rest content | 1 |
| neither would | 1 |
| nevertheless he would | 1 |
| nor consent | 1 |
| notwithstanding ye would | 1 |
| thee consent | 1 |
| therefore he would | 1 |
| they would | 1 |
| thou shalt not consent | 1 |
| unto me and will | 1 |
| unto me but he would | 1 |
| unto thee for they will | 1 |
| yet they would | 1 |
Verses containing H14
Page 1 of 2. 52 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 24:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
Read word by word - Genesis 24:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
Read word by word - Exodus 10:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
Read word by word - Leviticus 26:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 1:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 2:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 10:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 13:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.9
- Deuteronomy 23:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 23.6
- Deuteronomy 25:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 29:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.19
- Joshua 24:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.
Read word by word - Judges 11:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
Read word by word - Judges 19:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
Read word by word - Judges 19:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
Read word by word - Judges 20:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 15:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 22:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 26:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 31:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 2:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 6:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 12:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 13:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 13:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 13:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 14:29
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 23:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 23:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 20:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”
Read word by word - 1 Kings 22:49
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.50
- 2 Kings 8:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 13:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 24:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 10:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 11:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 11:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “Far be it from me, my God, to do this! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 19:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 21:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
Read word by word - Job 39:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
Read word by word - Psalms 81:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 81.12
- Proverbs 1:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
Read word by word - Proverbs 1:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
Read word by word - Proverbs 1:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
Read word by word - Proverbs 6:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
Read word by word - Isaiah 1:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
Read word by word - Isaiah 28:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
Read word by word - Isaiah 30:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
Read word by word - Isaiah 30:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 42:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
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