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Lexicon :: Strong's H6 - 'āḇaḏ

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אָבַד
Transliteration
'āḇaḏ
Pronunciation
aw-bad'
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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).
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6 matches the Hebrew אָבַד ('āḇaḏ),
which occurs 185 times in 174 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Est 9:6–Pro 21:28)

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:6 - And at the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and caused to perish H6 500 men,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - So the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and caused to perish H6 500 men and the 10 sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. Now in the rest of the king’s provinces, what have they done? So what is [fn]your petition? It shall even be given to you. And what is [fn]your further request? It shall also be done.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to cause them to perish H6 and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to throw them into confusion and cause them to perish H6.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:3 -

“Let the day perish H6 on which I was to be born,

And the night which said, ‘A man is conceived.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:7 -

“Remember now, who ever perished H6 being innocent?

Or where were the upright wiped out?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:9 -

“By the breath of God they perish H6,

And by the wind of His anger they come to an end.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:11 -

“The lion perishes H6 for lack of prey,

And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 -

‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces;

[fn]Unobserved, they perish H6 forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:18 -

“The [fn]paths of their course wind along;

They go up into a formless place and perish H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 -

“So are the paths of all who forget God;

And the hope of the godless will perish H6,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:20 -

“But the eyes of the wicked will come to an end,

And escape will perish H6 from them;

And their hope is the expiring of their soul.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:23 -

“He makes the nations great, then makes them perish H6;

He [fn]enlarges the nations, then leads them away.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:19 -

Water wears away stones;

Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;

So You make man’s hope perish H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:17 -

“Memory of him perishes H6 from the earth,

And he has no name abroad.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 -

He perishes H6 forever like his refuse;

Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:13 -

“The blessing of the one ready to perish H6 came upon me,

And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:2 -

“Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?

Vigor had perished H6 from them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:19 -

If I have seen anyone perish H6 for lack of clothing,

Or that the needy had no covering,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:6 -

For Yahweh [fn]knows the way of the righteous,

But the way of the wicked will perish H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:12 -

[fn]Kiss the Son, lest He become angry, and you perish H6 in the way,

For His [fn]wrath may [fn]soon be kindled.

How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 -

You destroy H6 those who speak falsehood;

Yahweh abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3 -

Beth

When my enemies turn back,

They stumble and perish H6 before You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:5 -

Gimel

You have rebuked the nations, You have made H6 the wicked perish H6;

You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 -

He

[fn]The enemy has come to an end in perpetual [fn]ruins,

And You have uprooted the cities;

The very memory of them has perished H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 -

Kaph

For the needy will not always be forgotten,

Nor the hope of the afflicted perish H6 forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16 -

Yahweh is King forever and ever;

Nations have perished H6 from His land.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:10 -

Their [fn]offspring You will destroy H6 from the earth,

And their seed from among the sons of men.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:12 -

I am forgotten like a dead man—out of [fn]mind

I am like a broken H6 vessel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:20 -

Kaph

But the wicked will perish H6;

And the enemies of Yahweh will be like the [fn]glory of the pastures,

They vanish—in smoke they vanish away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 -

My enemies speak evil against me,

“When will he die, and his name perish H6?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:10 -

For he sees that even wise men die;

The [fn]fool and the senseless alike perish H6

And leave their wealth to others.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:2 -

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;

As wax melts before the fire,

So let the wicked perish H6 before God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:27 -

For, behold, those who are far from You will perish H6;

You have [fn]destroyed everyone who [fn]is unfaithful to You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:16 -

It is burned with fire, it is cut down;

They perish H6 at the rebuke of Your face.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:17 -

Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever,

And let them be humiliated and perish H6,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 -

For, behold, Your enemies, O Yahweh,

For, behold, Your enemies will perish H6;

All the workers of iniquity will be scattered.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26 -

[fn]Even they will perish H6, but You will remain;

And all of them will wear out like a garment;

Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10 -

Resh

The wicked will see it and be [fn]vexed,

Shin

He will gnash his teeth and melt away;

Tav

The desire of the wicked will perish H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:92 -

If Your law had not been my delight,

Then I would have perished H6 in my affliction.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:95 -

The wicked hope for me—to destroy H6 me;

I shall perceive Your testimonies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176 -

I have wandered off like a lost H6 sheep; search for Your slave,

For I have not forgotten Your commandments.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:4 -

Look to the right and see;

That there is no one who regards me;

A way of escape has been destroyed H6 from me;

No one cares for my soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:12 -

And in Your lovingkindness, [fn]cut off my enemies

And cause all those who assail my soul to perish H6,

For I am Your slave.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:4 -

His spirit departs, he returns to [fn]the earth;

In that very day his plans perish H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:32 -

“For the turning away of the simple will kill them,

And the complacency of fools will destroy H6 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28 -

The expectation of the righteous is gladness,

But the hope of the wicked will perish H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 -

When a wicked man dies, his hope will perish H6,

And the expectation of vigorous men perishes H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:10 -

When it goes well with the righteous, the city exults,

And when the wicked perish H6, there is joyful shouting.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9 -

A [fn]false witness will not go unpunished,

And he who breathes out lies will perish H6.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 -

A false witness will perish H6,

But the man who listens will speak forever.


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