King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5679
Transliteration: abarah
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-aw-raw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: ford
Meaning: a crossing-place
Word Summary
abarah: ford
Original Word: עֲבָרָהTransliteration: abarah
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-aw-raw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: ford
Meaning: a crossing-place
Strong's Concordance
ferry, plain From abar; a crossing-place -- ferry, plain (from the margin).
see HEBREW abar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5679. abarah
עֲבָרָה noun feminine ford, rare synonym of מַעְבָּרָה מַעֲבָר; — absolute ׳הָע 2 Samuel 19:19 and they crossed the ford (see עבר Qal 1 a); plural construct הַמִּדְבָּר עַברוֺת 15:28 Kt (Qr עַרְבוֺת), so 17:16 van d. H. (but Baer Ginsb עַרְבוֺת Kt also), ׳עַב preferable (so Th We Dr Bu Kit Löhr HPS), the fords of the desert (HPS 17:16 proper name).