1) to be willing, consent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be willing 1a2) to consent, yield to, accept 1a3) to desire
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H14 — אָבָה
a.vah · be willing · Hebrew/Aramaic
50 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 24:5 · תֹאבֶ֣הThe servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?”Genesis 24:8 · תֹאבֶ֤הIf the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again.”Exodus 10:27 · אָבָ֖הBut Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he wouldn’t let them go.Leviticus 26:21 · תֹאב֖וּ“‘If you walk contrary to me, and won’t listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.Deuteronomy 1:26 · אֲבִיתֶ֖םYet you wouldn’t go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God:Deuteronomy 2:30 · אָבָ֗הBut Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day.Deuteronomy 10:10 · אָבָ֥הI stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights: and Yahweh listened to me that time also; Yahweh would not destroy you.Deuteronomy 13:8 · תֹאבֶ֣הyou shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:Deuteronomy 23:5 · אָבָ֞הNevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.Deuteronomy 25:7 · אָבָ֖הIf the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”Deuteronomy 29:20 · יֹאבֶ֣הYahweh will not pardon him, but then the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.Joshua 24:10 · אָבִ֖יתִיbut I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.Judges 11:17 · אָבָ֑הthen Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let me pass through your land;’ but the king of Edom didn’t listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel stayed in Kadesh.Judges 19:10 · אָבָ֤הBut the man wouldn’t stay that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of donkeys saddled; his concubine also was with him.Judges 19:25 · אָב֤וּBut the men wouldn’t listen to him: so the man laid hold of his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they had sex with her, and abused her all night until the morning: and when the day began to dawn, they let her go.Judges 20:13 · אָבוּ֙בְּנֵ֣יNow therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.” But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers the children of Israel.1 Samuel 15:9 · אָב֖וּBut Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn’t utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.1 Samuel 22:17 · אָב֞וּThe king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn, and kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn’t disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king wouldn’t put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh.1 Samuel 26:23 · אָבִ֔יתִיYahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn’t put forth my hand against Yahweh’s anointed.1 Samuel 31:4 · אָבָה֙Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me!” But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.2 Samuel 2:21 · אָבָ֣הAbner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armor.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.2 Samuel 6:10 · אָבָ֣הSo David would not move the ark of Yahweh to be with him in the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.2 Samuel 12:17 · אָבָ֔הThe elders of his house arose beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.2 Samuel 13:14 · אָבָ֖הHowever he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.2 Samuel 13:16 · אָבָ֖הShe said to him, “Not so, because this great wrong in sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me!” But he would not listen to her.2 Samuel 13:25 · אָבָ֥הThe king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.2 Samuel 14:29 · אָבָ֖ה · אָבָ֖הThen Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.2 Samuel 23:16 · אָבָה֙The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.2 Samuel 23:17 · אָבָ֖הHe said, “Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this! Isn’t it the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.1 Kings 20:8 · תֹאבֶֽה׃All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, neither consent.”1 Kings 22:49 · אָבָ֖הThen Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat would not.2 Kings 8:19 · אָבָ֤הHowever Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.2 Kings 13:23 · אָבָה֙But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.2 Kings 24:4 · אָבָ֥הand also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon.1 Chronicles 10:4 · אָבָה֙Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.1 Chronicles 11:18 · אָבָ֤הThe three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,1 Chronicles 11:19 · אָבָ֖הand said, “My God forbid it me, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy?” For they risked their lives to bring it. Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.1 Chronicles 19:19 · אָבָ֣הWhen the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.2 Chronicles 21:7 · אָבָ֣הHowever Yahweh would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.Job 39:9 · הֲיֹ֣אבֶה“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?Psalm 81:11 · אָ֥בָהBut my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.Proverbs 1:10 · תֹּבֵֽא׃My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.Proverbs 1:25 · אֲבִיתֶֽם׃but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;Proverbs 1:30 · אָב֥וּThey wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.Proverbs 6:35 · יֹ֝אבֶ֗הHe won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.Isaiah 1:19 · תֹּאב֖וּIf you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;Isaiah 28:12 · אָב֖וּאto whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary;” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.Isaiah 30:9 · אָב֥וּFor it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of Yahweh;Isaiah 30:15 · אֲבִיתֶֽם׃For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,Isaiah 42:24 · אָב֤וּWho gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn’t Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.