To thicken
עָבָהStrong’s H5666avah (a-vah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Avah is the Hebrew word usually translated “it is thick” and “have become bloated”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.”
Meaning
- To be thick, be fat, be gross(Qal) to be fat, be thick, be gross
How it's translated
- it is thick 2
- you have become bloated 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 12:10And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
- 2 Chronicles 10:10And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
Hebrew dictionary
עָבָה avah · to thicken
1) to be thick, be fat, be gross 1a) (Qal) to be fat, be thick, be gross
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “thicken” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THICKEN, verb transitive
thik'n. To make thick or dense.
- To make close; to fill up interstices; as, to thicken cloth.
- To make concrete; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint, mortar or a liquid.
- To strengthen; to confirm.
- To make frequent, or more frequent; as, to thicken blows.
All definitions and other forms of “thicken”
- To make close, or more close; to make more numerous; as, to thicken the ranks.
THICKEN, verb intransitive
thik'n. To become thick or more thick; to become dense; as, the fog thickens.
- To become dark or obscure.
- To concrete; to be consolidated; as, the juices of plants thicken into wood.
- To be inspissated; as, vegetable juices thicken as the more volatile parts are evaporated.
- To become close, or more close or numerous.
- To become quick and animated.
- To become more numerous; to press; to be crowded.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.