Help QuickNav Adv. Options
ASV

ASV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H6 - 'āḇaḏ

Choose a new font size and typeface
אָבַד
Transliteration
'āḇaḏ
Pronunciation
aw-bad'
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2

Strong’s Definitions

אָבַד ʼâbad, aw-bad'; a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy):—break, destroy(-uction), not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, × and surely, take, be undone, × utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 184x

The KJV translates Strong's H6 in the following manner: perish (98x), destroy (62x), lose (10x), fail (2x), surely (2x), utterly (2x), broken (1x), destruction (1x), escape (1x), flee (1x), spendeth (1x), take (1x), undone (1x), void (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 184x
The KJV translates Strong's H6 in the following manner: perish (98x), destroy (62x), lose (10x), fail (2x), surely (2x), utterly (2x), broken (1x), destruction (1x), escape (1x), flee (1x), spendeth (1x), take (1x), undone (1x), void (1x).

  1. perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed

    1. (Qal)

      1. perish, die, be exterminated

      2. perish, vanish (fig.)

      3. be lost, strayed

    2. (Piel)

      1. to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate

      2. to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.)

      3. cause to stray, lose

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to destroy, put to death

        1. of divine judgment

      2. object name of kings (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָבַד ʼâbad, aw-bad'; a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy):—break, destroy(-uction), not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, × and surely, take, be undone, × utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
STRONGS H6: Abbreviations
† אָבַד verb perish (Mesha-Inscription אבד, Assyrian abâtu DlW 184 Aramaic H7 אֲבַד, dfbA). —
Qal Perfect א׳ Numbers 21:30 +; אָֽבְדוּ Psalm 10:16 + (+ Ezekiel 6:3 Greek Version of the LXX Co) etc.; Imperfect יאֹבַד Job 3:3; Jeremiah 4:9; יאֹבֵ֑דּ Job 20:7 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular תּאֹבַד Deuteronomy 22:3 + 4 times; תּאֹבֵ֑ד Job 8:13 + 3 times; יאֹבְדוּ Judges 5:31 + 3 times; יאֹבֵ֑דוּ Job 4:9 +; 3rd person feminine plural וַתּאֹבַדְנָה 1 Samuel 9:3; תּאֹבֵדוּן Deuteronomy 4:26 +; נאֹבֵ֑ד Jonah 1:6; Jonah 3:9; נאֹבְדָה Jonah 1:14, etc.; Infinitive absolute אָבדֹ Deuteronomy 4:26 + 2 times; construct אֲבדֹ Deuteronomy 7:20; Proverbs 11:10; אֲבָדְךָ Deuteronomy 28:20; אָבְדֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 28:22; אֲבָדְכֶם Joshua 23:13; אָבְדָם Obadiah 12; Proverbs 28:28; Participle אוֺבֵד Deuteronomy 26:5 + 7:t.; construct אֹבַד Deuteronomy 32:28 (before ע ? see Di. Bö§ 378); etc.
1. perish, die, of individuals (mostly late) Numbers 17:27 (|| נוע & (see Numbers 17:28) מות, (also Deuteronomy 26:5 ? compare below) Jonah 1:6, 14; Job 31:19; compare Job 29:13; Proverbs 31:6; Esther 4:14, 16 (twice in verse); Micah 4:9; Jeremiah 40:15 compare Isaiah 57:1; Proverbs 11:10; Proverbs 28:28; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Psalm 119:92; emphasis on mortality Job 4:20; Psalm 146:4; Ecclesiastes 9:6; Saul & Jonathan, under figure of weapons 2 Samuel 1:27; lion Job 4:11; caravan Job 6:18 (compare Di); compare מִן־הָאָרֶץ חָסִיד א׳ Micah 7:2, מֶלֶח מֵעַזָּה וא׳ Zechariah 9:5; perish, be exterminated (judgment for sin), of Israel Leviticus 26:38; Deuteronomy 8:19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 8:20; Deuteronomy 28:20; Deuteronomy 20:22; Deuteronomy 30:18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 27:10, 15; compare Jeremiah 6:21; Obadiah 12; compare Psalm 80:17; Isaiah 27:13; other nations Deuteronomy 7:20; Jeremiah 10:15; Jeremiah 51:18; Psalm 2:12; Psalm 10:16; Psalm 83:18; compare Psalm 9:4; Amos 1:8; Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 60:12 compare Jonah 3:9 see also Exodus 10:7; Numbers 21:29, 30 (JE) Jeremiah 48:46; house of Ahab 2 Kings 9:8; wicked in general Judges 5:31; Job 4:9 compare Job 4:7, Psalm 37:20; Psalm 49:11; Psalm 68:3 (|| simile of melting wax), Psalm 73:27; Psalm 92:10; also Proverbs 19:9; Proverbs 21:18; לָנֶצַח א׳ Job 20:7; compare דֶּרֶח רְשָׁעִים א׳ Psalm 1:6; followed by מֵעַל הָאָ֑רֶץ (of annihilation of Israel) Deuteronomy 4:26 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 11:17; Joshua 23:13, 16 (D); followed by מִתּוֺח הַקָּהָל (of Korah's company) Numbers 16:33 (JE); perish, be ruined, destroyed, of inanimate things, e.g. land Jeremiah 9:11 (|| נִצְּתָה כַמִּדְבָּר compare Jeremiah 48:8; harvest Joel 1:11; Jonah's gourd Jonah 4:10; riches Jeremiah 48:36; Ecclesiastes 5:13; vessel Psalm 31:13; houses Amos 3:15 (so often Assyrian Dlw); city Ezekiel 26:17 (but strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co); compare bamôth Ezekiel 6:3 Greek Version of the LXX Co; heavens & earth Psalm 102:27.
2. figurative perish, vanish, subject memory Job 18:17; Psalm 9:7; name Psalm 41:6 (i.e. be forgotten); vigour Job 30:2; wisdom Isaiah 29:14; compare אֹבַד עֵצוֺת Deuteronomy 32:28; אֱמוּנָה Jeremiah 7:28 (|| נִכְרְתָה); חָזוֺן Ezekiel 12:22; יוֺם Job 3:3 (i.e. be blotted out); לֵב Jeremiah 4:9 (i.e. courage fail); תִּקְוָה Psalm 9:19; Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 11:7; Ezekiel 19:5; Ezekiel 37:11; Job 8:13; so תַּאֲוָה Psalm 112:10 (i.e. comes to naught); תּוֺחֶלֶת Proverbs 11:7, followed by מִן + agent Lamentations 3:18; עֵצָה + תּוֺרָה followed by מן + persons negligent Jeremiah 18:18; Ezekiel 7:26, compare Jeremiah 49:7; especially מָנוֺס מִן־ א׳ (i.e. they could not escape) Amos 2:14; Jeremiah 25:35; Job 11:20; Psalm 142:5.
3. be lost, strayed, asses 1 Samuel 9:3, 20; sheep Jeremiah 50:6; Ezekiel 34:4, 16; Psalm 119:176 (figurative of erring men); perhaps Deuteronomy 26:5.
Pi. causative of Qal. — Perfect אִבַּד 2 Kings 21:3 + 2 times; suffix וְאִבֶּדְךָ Co Ezekiel 28:16 compare below; אִבַּדְתִּי Jeremiah 15:7; וְאִבַּדְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 6:3 (Greek Version of the LXX Co וְאָֽבְּדוּ) etc.; Imperfect יְאַבֵּד Ecclesiastes 9:18; וִיאַבֵּד Ecclesiastes 7:7; Zephaniah 2:13; 1st person singular suffix וָאַבֶּדְךָ Ezekiel 28:16 (for וָאֲאַבּ׳ Ew§ 72 c Ol§ 79 a Kö I:338 Ges§ 68 fin; but Co 3rd person masculine singular; see also Co Ezekiel 38:14); תְּאַבְּדוּן Deuteronomy 12:2 etc.; Infinitive absolute אַבֵּד Deuteronomy 12:2 + 3 times; construct id. Ezekiel 22:27 + etc.; Participle מְאַבְּדִים Jeremiah 23:1.
1. cause to perish, destroy, kill, object person (mostly late) 2 Kings 11:1; Esther 3:9; Esther 4:7; Esther 8:5; Esther 9:24; || הרג Esther 9:6, 12; || הרג + השׁמיד Esther 3:13; Esther 7:4; Esther 8:11; || המם Esther 9:24; compare Psalm 119:95; object נְפָשׁוֺת Ezekiel 22:17 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co); in judgment, subject י׳ Psalm 5:7; compare Proverbs 1:32; followed by מִתּוֺח Ezekiel 28:16; object a people 2 Kings 13:7; 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:19; Job 12:13; in judgment Deuteronomy 11:4; Jeremiah 12:17; Jeremiah 15:7; Zephaniah 2:13; Psalm 9:6; compare Psalm 21:11; object inanimate things especially idols, bamôth etc., Numbers 33:52 (twice in verse); (J) Deuteronomy 12:2 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 21:3; Ezekiel 6:3 (but compare Greek Version of the LXX Co above); bars of Zion Lamentations 2:9 (|| שִׁבַּר).
2. figurative cause to vanish, blot out, do away with names of idols Deuteronomy 12:3; voice of Babylon Jeremiah 51:55; memory of dead Isaiah 26:14; substance Proverbs 29:3; understanding Ecclesiastes 7:7; good (טוֺבָה q. v.) Ecclesiastes 9:18.
3. cause to stray, lose; object Israel under figure of flock Jeremiah 23:1 (|| הֵפִיץ); absolute Ecclesiastes 3:6 (|| בִּקֵּשׁ).
Hiph. Perfect וְהֶאֱבִּיד Numbers 24:19; הֶאֱבַ֑דְתָּ Job 14:19 etc.; Imperfect אֹבִידָה Jeremiah 46:8 (Ges§ 68, 2 R. 1). Infinitive construct הַאֲבִיד 2 Kings 10:19 + etc.; Participle מַאֲבִיד Deuteronomy 8:20.
1. destroy, put to death, in judgment, (subject י׳) object person Leviticus 23:30 (followed by מִקֶּרֶב עַמָּהּ; || כָּרַת Leviticus 23:29); Jeremiah 49:38 (followed by מִשָּׁם); Obadiah 8 (followed by מֵאֱדוֺם); object nation, Ammon Ezekiel 25:7 (followed by מן־הארצות; || כָּרַת), compare Ezekiel 25:16; Canaanites Deuteronomy 8:20 (followed by סִפְּנֵיכֶם); Canaan = Philistines Zephaniah 2:5 (|| כָּרַת); especially Israel Deuteronomy 28:51, 63 (|| הִשְׁמִיד), compare Joshua 7:7; also absolute Jeremiah 18:7 (|| לִנְתוֺשׁ וְלִנְתוֺץ); = Jeremiah 1:10 (+ וְלַהֲרוֺס) = Jeremiah 31:28 (+ וּלְהָרֵעַ); animals Ezekiel 32:13 (followed by מֵעַל מַיִם רַבִּים); compare Deuteronomy 7:10; Psalm 143:12 (|| הִצְמִית); (human subject), object servants of Baal 2 Kings 10:19, object nation Deuteronomy 9:3, compare Numbers 24:19 (E; followed by מֵעִיר); 2 Kings 24:2; compare Jeremiah 46:8; object inanimate, chariots Micah 5:9; idols Ezekiel 30:13 (strike out B Co).
2. figurative, object name of kings Deuteronomy 7:24 (followed by מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם); hope Job 14:19; voice of mirth etc. Jeremiah 25:10 (compare Jeremiah 51:55 Pi. above).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

10:7

Leviticus

23:29; 23:30; 26:38

Numbers

16:33; 21:29; 21:30; 21:30; 24:19; 24:19; 33:52

Deuteronomy

4:26; 4:26; 4:26; 7:10; 7:20; 7:20; 7:24; 8:19; 8:20; 8:20; 8:20; 9:3; 11:4; 11:17; 12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 12:3; 22:3; 26:5; 26:5; 26:5; 28:20; 28:20; 28:22; 28:51; 28:63; 30:18; 32:28; 32:28

Joshua

7:7; 23:13; 23:13; 23:16

Judges

5:31; 5:31

1 Samuel

9:3; 9:3; 9:20

2 Samuel

1:27

2 Kings

9:8; 10:19; 10:19; 11:1; 13:7; 19:18; 21:3; 21:3; 24:2

Esther

3:9; 3:13; 4:7; 4:14; 4:16; 7:4; 8:5; 8:11; 9:6; 9:12; 9:24; 9:24

Job

3:3; 3:3; 4:7; 4:9; 4:9; 4:11; 4:20; 6:18; 8:13; 8:13; 11:20; 12:13; 14:19; 14:19; 18:17; 20:7; 20:7; 29:13; 30:2; 31:19

Psalms

1:6; 2:12; 5:7; 9:4; 9:6; 9:7; 9:19; 10:16; 10:16; 21:11; 31:13; 37:20; 41:6; 49:11; 68:3; 73:27; 80:17; 83:18; 92:10; 102:27; 112:10; 119:92; 119:95; 119:176; 142:5; 143:12; 146:4

Proverbs

1:32; 10:28; 11:7; 11:7; 11:10; 11:10; 19:9; 21:18; 28:28; 28:28; 29:3; 31:6

Ecclesiastes

3:6; 5:13; 7:7; 7:7; 7:15; 9:6; 9:18; 9:18

Isaiah

26:14; 27:13; 29:14; 37:19; 41:11; 57:1; 60:12

Jeremiah

1:10; 4:9; 4:9; 6:21; 7:28; 9:11; 10:15; 12:17; 15:7; 15:7; 18:7; 18:18; 23:1; 23:1; 25:10; 25:35; 27:10; 27:15; 31:28; 40:15; 46:8; 46:8; 48:8; 48:36; 48:46; 49:7; 49:38; 50:6; 51:18; 51:55; 51:55

Lamentations

2:9; 3:18

Ezekiel

6:3; 6:3; 6:3; 6:3; 7:26; 12:22; 19:5; 22:17; 22:27; 25:7; 25:16; 26:17; 28:16; 28:16; 28:16; 30:13; 32:13; 34:4; 34:16; 37:11; 38:14

Joel

1:11

Amos

1:8; 2:14; 3:15

Obadiah

1:8; 1:12; 1:12

Jonah

1:6; 1:6; 1:14; 1:14; 3:9; 3:9; 4:10

Micah

4:9; 5:9; 7:2

Zephaniah

2:5; 2:13; 2:13

Zechariah

9:5

H6

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6 matches the Hebrew אָבַד ('āḇaḏ),
which occurs 26 times in 26 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10 - see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:9 - And it shall come to pass at that day, saith Jehovah, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:21 - Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:28 - And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:12 - Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:17 - But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith Jehovah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:7 - And I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they returned not from their ways.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:7 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18 - Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1 - Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:35 - And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:15 - For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he take thy life, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8 - Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8 - And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:36 - Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46 - Woe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7 - Of Edom. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 - and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith Jehovah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:6 - My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18 - They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ASV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ASV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan