For the sake of
עָבוּרStrong’s H5668avur (a-vur)
Appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Avur is the Hebrew word usually translated “sake of”, “order that” and “order”. It appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament.
“And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;”
Meaning
- For the sake of, on account of, because of, in order to
- In order that
How it's translated
- for sake of 23
- in order that 9
- in order 8
- for sake of you 2
- for sake of her 1
- for sake of them 1
- and in order that 1
- because of me 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 15
- 2 Samuel 12
- Exodus 5
- 1 Samuel 3
- 1 Chronicles 3
- Psalms 3
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 8:21And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Genesis 12:13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
- Genesis 12:16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
- Genesis 18:26And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
- Genesis 18:29And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
- Genesis 18:31And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
All 47 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
עָבוּר avur · for the sake of
prep 1) for the sake of, on account of, because of, in order to conj 2) in order that
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “order” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OR'DER, noun
[Latin ordo.]
- Regular disposition or methodical arrangement of things; a word of extensive application; as the order of troops or parade; the order of books in a library; the order of proceedings in a legislative assembly. order is the life of business.
- Proper state; as the muskets are all in good order When the bodily organs are in order a person is in health; when they are out of order he is indisposed.
- Adherence to the point in discussion, according to established rules of debate; as, the member is not in order that is, he wanders from the question.
- Established mode of proceeding.
All definitions and other forms of “order”
- Regularity; settled mode of operation.
- Mandate; precept; command; authoritative direction.
- Rule; regulation; as the rules and orders of a legislative house.
- Regular government or discipline.
- Rank; class; division of men; as the order of nobles; the order of priests; the higher orders of society; men of the lowest order; order of knights; military orders, etc.
- A religious fraternity; as the order of Benedictines.
- A division of natural objects, generally intermediate between class and genus.
- Measures; care.
- In rhetoric, the placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty of expression, or to the clear illustration of the subject.
- The title of certain ancient books containing the divine office and manner of its performance.
- In architecture, a system of several members, ornaments and proportions of columns and pilasters; or a regular arrangement of the projecting parts of a building, especially of the columns, so as to form one beautiful whole.
OR'DER, verb transitive
- To regulate; to methodize; to systemize; to adjust; to subject to system in management and execution; as, to order domestic affairs with prudence.
- To lead; to conduct; to subject to rules or laws.“To him that ordereth his conversation aright, will I show the salvation of God” Psalms 50:23
- to direct; to command. the general ordered his troops to advance.
- To manage; to treat.“How shall we order the child?” Judges 13:12
- To ordain. [Not used.]
- To direct; to dispose in any particular manner.“Order my steps in thy word” Psalms 119:133
OR'DER, verb intransitive
to give command or direction.
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.