# H5668 עָבוּר

עָבוּר (ʻâbûwr), Strong’s H5668: properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that KJV: because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.. Occurs 49…

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*ʻâbûwr* — properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that

KJV: because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.

Occurs 49 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [עָבוּר] n. only in בַּעֲבוּר 47, בַּעֲבֻר, prep. and conj. for the sake of, on account of, in order that

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 3:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=17) — To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded…
- [Genesis 8:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=21) — The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s…
- [Genesis 12:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=13) — Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”
- [Genesis 12:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=16) — He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female…
- [Genesis 18:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=26) — The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
- [Genesis 18:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=29) — He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do it for the forty’s…
- [Genesis 18:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=31) — He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I…
- [Genesis 18:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=32) — He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I…
- [Genesis 21:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=30) — He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
- [Genesis 26:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=24) — The LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with…