Lexical Definition

‎עֲבִי‎ ʻăbîy (ab-ee') thickness ^H:N-M
or עֳבִי ʻŏbîy (ob-ee')]; from ‎עָבָה‎

thick(-ness). Compare ‎עָב‎.

• density, i.e. depth or width

1) thickness

See Greek: πλάτος

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Also see: עָב

‎עֲבִי‎ noun [masculine] thickness; — construct ‎נַּבֵּי מָגִנָּיו‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Job 15:26 the thickness (stoutness) of the bosses of his shields (in figurative); suffix ‎עָבְיוֺ‎ its thickness, of the molten sea 1Kgs 7:26 = 2Chr 4:5 of pillar Jer 52:21. — 2Chr 4:17 see following — Under ‎עבה‎ belongs perhaps also ‎בְּעַב הֶעָנָן‎ Exod 19:9 (read ‎בַּעֲבִי‎ ?) in the thickness of the clouds, compare Bu^{ThLz 1892} (3), 63 Kö^{ii 1, 86}.

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