Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʼăbâl

ab-awl'

אֲבָל

What it means

nay, i.e. truly or yet

Where it comes from

apparently from ʼâbal (אָבַל) through the idea of negation

How the King James translates it

  • but4
  • verily3
  • indeed2
  • nevertheless2

Every place it appears 11

Genesis17:1942:21
2 Samuel14:5
1 Kings1:43
2 Kings4:14
2 Chronicles1:419:333:17
Ezra10:13
Daniel10:710:21