Strong's Concordance
Original word: אָבָה
Transliteration: abah
Definition (short): willing
Definition (full): to breathe after, to be acquiescent
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to be willing, to consent
NASB Translation: consent (5), obey (1), refuse* (1), refused* (1), satisfied (1), unwilling* (3), want (1), willing (23), would (16), would...accept (1), yield (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent -- consent, rest content will, be willing.
References
KJV:
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
NASB:
The servant said to him, "Suppose the woman is not willing to follow me to this land; should I take your son back to the land from where you came?"
KJV:
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
NASB:
"But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this my oath; only do not take my son back there."
KJV:
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
NASB:
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to let them go.
KJV:
Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
NASB:
"Yet you were not willing to go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God;
KJV:
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
NASB:
"But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass through his land; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to deliver him into your hand, as he is today.