Avas אָבַס
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| אָבַס | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | avas |
| Strong's number | H75 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to fatten |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Kings (1) |
Avas (Hebrew אָבַס, Strong's H75) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to fatten”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to feed, fatten
1a) (Qal) fattened (passive participle)
1a) (Qal) fattened (passive participle)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | fatted (1), stalled (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | fattened (1), than a fattened (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Avas, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 4:23Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).