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The meaning of אָבַס

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Definition

fatted, stalled. - to fodder 1) to feed, fatten 1a) (Qal) fattened (passive participle)

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אָבַס

Phoneticaw-bas'
Transliterationʼâbaç
Grammar Code
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fatted, stalled. - to fodder 1) to feed, fatten 1a) (Qal) fattened (passive participle)

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

2 total references
ReferenceText
1 Kings 4:23

Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

Word: אָבַס (ʼâbaç)
Proverbs 15:17

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Word: אָבַס (ʼâbaç)

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