# H61 אֲבָל

אֲבָל (ʼăbâl), Strong’s H61: nay, i.e. truly or yet KJV: but, indeed, nevertheless, verily.. Occurs 11 times.

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*ʼăbâl* — nay, i.e. truly or yet

KJV: but, indeed, nevertheless, verily.

Derived from [אָבַל ʼâbal](https://besorah.bible/word/H56) (to bewail)

Occurs 11 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲבָל adv.
- 1 in older Heb. with an assertive force, verily, of a truth
- 2 in late Heb. as a decided adversative, howbeit, but

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 17:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/17?v=19) — God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant…
- [Genesis 42:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=21) — They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul…
- [2 Samuel 14:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/14?v=5) — The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
- [1 Kings 1:43](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=43) — Jonathan answered Adonijah, “Most certainly our lord King David has made Solomon king.
- [2 Kings 4:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/4?v=14) — He said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.”
- [Daniel 10:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/daniel/10?v=7) — I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me didn’t see the vision, but a great quaking fell on them…
- [Daniel 10:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/daniel/10?v=21) — But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth. There is no one who holds with me against these…
- [Ezra 10:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=13) — But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside. This is not a work of one…
- [2 Chronicles 1:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/1?v=4) — But David had brought God’s ark up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched…
- [2 Chronicles 19:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/19?v=3) — Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set…