Lexical Summary abi or obi: thickness Original Word: עֲבִיTransliteration: abi or obi Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: thickness Meaning: density, depth, width Strong's Concordance thickness Or mobiy {ob-ee'}; from abah; density, i.e. Depth or width -- thick(-ness). Compare ab. see HEBREW abah see HEBREW ab Brown-Driver-Briggs H5672. abi or obi עֲבִי noun [masculine] thickness; — construct ׳ע מָגִנָּיו נַּבֵּי Job 15:26 the thickness (stoutness) of the bosses of his shields (in figurative); suffix עָבְיוֺ its thickness, of the molten sea 1 Kings 7:26 2 Chronicles 4:5; of pillar Jeremiah 52:21. — 2 Chronicles 4:17 see following — Under עבה belongs perhaps also הֶעָנָן בְּעַב Exodus 19:9 (read בַּעֲבִי ?) in the thickness of the clouds, compare BuThLz 1892 (3), 63 Köii 1, 86. |
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