עָבַת
ʻâbath · H5686 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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Exact meaning unsure; literally: to weave; possibly: action by which humans create an elaborate scheme by integrating different components into a single master plan (to weave together (a scheme))
ExamplesMicah 7:3 As for evil, both hands do it well. The leader asks for a bribe, also the judge, And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul; So they plot it together.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָher 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- חָבַשׁ châbash · H2280 · to be tied, to be wrapped, to wrap
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to bind, wrap up' used of binding wounds, wrapping turbans, or binding prisoners; overlaps semantically with עָבַת in the sense of wrapping or binding.
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἐντυλίσσω entylíssō · G1794 · to wrap, to bandage, to roll up
- Greek verb meaning 'to wrap up, roll up, enfold' (used of wrapping burial cloths around a body); standard translation-equivalent for the Hebrew sense of wrapping or binding.
- περιτίθημι peritíthēmi · G4060 · to put around, to surround, to cause to have
- Greek verb meaning 'to place around, put around' with extended sense of wrapping or clothing; can translate Hebrew wrapping/binding actions.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Think002004002013
- To wrap up or entangle, used figuratively of corrupt leaders and judges who plot and weave their evil schemes together.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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