עָבַר
ʿābar
pass over
Strong's H5674VerbHebrewTWOT 1556

עָבַר (ʿābar) is a Hebrew verb meaning pass over. It appears 562 times in 36 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5674).

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Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1556)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1556)pass over, through, pass on; Pass beyond, Pass through, traverse, pass along, pass by, sweep by, be past, over, go on, Pass away; a stream which cannot be forded; cause, to cross, make over, devote, cause to pass through…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָבַר verb: pass over, through, pass on

Strong's H5674 עָבַר: to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV:alienate, alter, × at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, shave, cause to (make) sound, × speedily, × sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 8:1Exodus 12:12Leviticus 18:21

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