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Strong's H14 אָבָה (abah)

Abah means “breathe after” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G14 — agathoergeo (“do good”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H14
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 52
Books 17

Strong's H14 Quick Answer

Strong's H14 אָבָה (abah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. abah (aw-baw') v. 1. to breathe after 2. (figuratively) to be acquiescent It has 52 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include will, consent, rest, and willing. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
abah (aw-baw') v. 1. to breathe after 2. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
Usage
52 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
will, consent, rest, and willing

Meaning and Definition

abah (aw-baw') v. 1. to breathe after 2. (figuratively) to be acquiescent [a primitive root] KJV: consent, rest content will, be willing.

Original Word
אָבָה
Transliteration
abah
Derivation
Root: אבה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H14. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H14 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render abah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

will Genesis 24:5 consent Deuteronomy 13:8 rest Proverbs 6:35 willing Isaiah 1:19

How Strong's H14 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 52 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H14 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H14 in the Old Testament

52 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 24:5 KJV

And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

Genesis 24:8 KJV

And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

Exodus 10:27 KJV

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.

Usage Excerpts

First 52 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H14.

Genesis 24:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
Genesis 24:8 Old Testament, KJV
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Exodus 10:27 Old Testament, KJV
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
Leviticus 26:21 Old Testament, KJV
And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
Deuteronomy 1:26 Old Testament, KJV
Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
Deuteronomy 2:30 Old Testament, KJV
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
Deuteronomy 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
Deuteronomy 13:8 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
Deuteronomy 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
Deuteronomy 25:7 Old Testament, KJV
And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
Deuteronomy 29:20 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
Joshua 24:10 Old Testament, KJV
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Judges 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Judges 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
Judges 19:25 Old Testament, KJV
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
Judges 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.
1 Samuel 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
1 Samuel 22:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
1 Samuel 26:23 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.
1 Samuel 31:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
2 Samuel 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
2 Samuel 6:10 Old Testament, KJV
So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
2 Samuel 12:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
2 Samuel 13:14 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
2 Samuel 13:16 Old Testament, KJV
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
2 Samuel 13:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
2 Samuel 14:29 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
2 Samuel 23:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
2 Samuel 23:17 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
1 Kings 20:8 Old Testament, KJV
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.
1 Kings 22:49 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
2 Kings 8:19 Old Testament, KJV
Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
2 Kings 13:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
2 Kings 24:4 Old Testament, KJV
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
1 Chronicles 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
1 Chronicles 11:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.
1 Chronicles 11:19 Old Testament, KJV
And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
1 Chronicles 19:19 Old Testament, KJV
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
2 Chronicles 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
Job 39:9 Old Testament, KJV
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Psalms 81:11 Old Testament, KJV
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Proverbs 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs 1:25 Old Testament, KJV
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Proverbs 1:30 Old Testament, KJV
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 6:35 Old Testament, KJV
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Isaiah 1:19 Old Testament, KJV
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Isaiah 28:12 Old Testament, KJV
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Isaiah 30:9 Old Testament, KJV
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
Isaiah 30:15 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Isaiah 42:24 Old Testament, KJV
Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
Ezekiel 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
Ezekiel 20:8 Old Testament, KJV
But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H14, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 9 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H14 FAQ

What does abah (אָבָה) mean?

Abah (Strong's H14) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "breathe after". abah (aw-baw') v. 1. to breathe after 2. (figuratively) to be acquiescent

How many times is abah (אָבָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 52 linked usages for Strong's H14 across 17 books.

Where can I study abah (אָבָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H14 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate abah (אָבָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as will, consent, rest, and willing. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.