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2 Chronicles 19:3
“Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֲבָלʼăbâl · ab-awl'
H61 · Hebrew
H61 · Hebrew
- Definition
- nay, i.e. truly or yet
- Derivation
- apparently from H56 (אָבַל) through the idea of negation;
- KJV renderings
- but, indeed, nevertheless, verily.
- Grammar
- אֲבָ֕ל — adverb
- Usage
- Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 17:19Genesis 42:212 Samuel 14:51 Kings 1:432 Kings 4:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲבָל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.