Hebrew adv · H61
אֲבָל
abalab-awl'
truly
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼăbâl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H61is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H61
nay, i.e. truly or yet
The King James renders it: but, indeed, nevertheless, verily.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
abal is rendered "truly". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 17:19But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Genesis 17:19אֲבָל֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- but7
- indeed4
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲבָקָה | abaqah | aromatic powder | Uses1 |
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֲבָל֙3
- אֲבָ֛ל2
- אֲבָ֕ל2
- אֲבָ֗ל2
- אֲבָל֮1
- אֲבָ֞ל1
The grammar of each form
- interjection11HTj
Genesis
two uses
But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
- אֲבָל֙ʾavalinterjectiontagged: but
Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
- אֲבָל֮ʾavalinterjectiontagged: indeed
2 Samuel
one use
“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
- אֲבָ֛לʾavalinterjectiontagged: indeed
1 Kings
one use
“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.
- אֲבָ֕לʾavalinterjectiontagged: indeed
2 Kings
one use
So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
- אֲבָ֛לʾavalinterjectiontagged: indeed
2 Chronicles
three uses
Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
- אֲבָ֗לʾavalinterjectiontagged: but
However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
- אֲבָ֕לʾavalinterjectiontagged: but
Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
- אֲבָל֙ʾavalinterjectiontagged: but
Ezra
one use
But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
- אֲבָ֞לʾavalinterjectiontagged: but
Daniel
two uses
Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
- אֲבָ֗לʾavalinterjectiontagged: but
But first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince.
- אֲבָל֙ʾavalinterjectiontagged: but
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.