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Lexicon :: Strong's H5800 - ʿāzaḇ

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עָזַב
Transliteration
ʿāzaḇ
Pronunciation
aw-zab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1594,1595

Strong’s Definitions

עָזַב ʻâzab, aw-zab'; a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.:—commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, × surely.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 215x

The KJV translates Strong's H5800 in the following manner: forsake (129x), leave (72x), leave off (4x), faileth (2x), fortify (2x), help (2x), committeth (1x), destitute (1x), refuseth (1x), surely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 215x
The KJV translates Strong's H5800 in the following manner: forsake (129x), leave (72x), leave off (4x), faileth (2x), fortify (2x), help (2x), committeth (1x), destitute (1x), refuseth (1x), surely (1x).
  1. to leave, loose, forsake

    1. (Qal) to leave

      1. to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone

      2. to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise

      3. to let loose, set free, let go, free

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be left to

      2. to be forsaken

    3. (Pual) to be deserted

  2. to restore, repair

    1. (Qal) to repair

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָזַב ʻâzab, aw-zab'; a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.:—commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, × surely.
STRONGS H5800: Abbreviations
I. עָזַב 213 verb leave, forsake, loose (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Arabic bdb073609 be remote, absent, depart, Assyrian ezêbu, leave, Shaph. ušezib, rescue, compare Biblical Aramaic H7804 שֵׁיזֵב; — Ethiopic bdb073610 widowed Di973); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ע׳ Genesis 24:27 +, suffix עֲזָבַנִי Isaiah 49:14; Psalm 38:11; 3rd person feminine singular עָזָ֑בָה Ezekiel 23:8; 1st person singular suffix עֲזַבְתִּיךְ Isaiah 54:7; 2nd person feminine plural עֲזַבְתֶּן Exodus 2:20, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעֲזֹב Isaiah 55:7 +, יַעֲזָבֿ Genesis 2:24, suffix 1st person singular וַיַּעַזְבֵנִי 1 Samuel 30:13, etc.; Imperative עֲזֹב Psalm 37:8, עָזְבָה Jeremiah 49:11, עִזְבוּ Jeremiah 48:28; Proverbs 9:6, etc.; Infinitive absolute עָזוֺב Jeremiah 14:5, עָזֹב Exodus 23:5; construct עֲזֹב Genesis 44:22 +, suffix עָזְבֵךְ Jeremiah 2:17 +, etc.; Participle active עֹזֵב Proverbs 10:17 +, construct עֹזְבִי (Ges§ 90 l); feminine construct עֹזֶבֶת Proverbs 2:17 etc.; passive עָזוּב Deuteronomy 32:26 +, etc.; —
1. leave, with accusative (on order of meanings compare NöZMG. xl (1886). 726):
a. = depart from, accusative of person Genesis 44:22 (twice in verse) (J), 2 Kings 2:2, 4, 6; 2 Kings 4:30; Numbers 10:31 (P), Ruth 1:16; Jeremiah 9:1 (|| הָלַךְ מֵאֵת); accusative of location 1 Kings 8:6; Jeremiah 25:28 (י׳ as lion leaving lair); with מִן local intransitive (strangely) Jeremiah 18:14 (of snow).
b. leave behind, accusative of person Exodus 2:20 (J), 2 Samuel 15:16 (+ infinitive), Ezekiel 24:21; accusative of thing + בְּיַד Genesis 39:12, 13, + אֶצְלִי Genesis 39:15; Genesis 39:18 (all J); + ב location Genesis 50:8 (J); accusative of person and thing Exodus 9:21 (J).
c. leave in the presence of (לִפְנֵי) 1 Chronicles 16:37 (ל of accusative, compare ל 3b above), 2 Chronicles 28:14.
d. leave in safety, וְאָ֫נָה חַעַזְבוּ כְּבוֺדְכֶם Isaiah 10:3.
e. leave in a given condition, situation, אֹתוֺ בְמַחֲלֻיִים ע׳ 2 Chronicles 24:25 they left him in great suffering; with adverb accusative Ezekiel 23:29; a city פְּתוּחָה Joshua 8:17.
f. leave undisturbed, let alone Ruth 2:16.
g. leave unexercised, Genesis 24:27 pregnantly he hath not left his kindness and his faithfulness from (being) with (מֵעִם) my master; so חַסְדּוֺ אֶתֿ ע׳ Ruth 2:20 (both of י׳); חֵמָה ע׳ Psalm 37:8 (|| הֶרֶף מֵאַף).
h. leave in the hand of, entrust to, accusative of thing + בְּיַד Genesis 39:6 (J), + אֶלֿ Job 39:11 (|| בָּטַח בְּ), + עַלֿ Psalm 10:14 (accusative omitted, his cause). — So also possibly (with לְ) Nehemiah 3:34 (reading לֵאלֹהִים for MT לָהֶם), but text probably otherwise corrupt.
i. leave to (ל) one (unaided), וְחָדַלְתָּ֫ מֵעֲזֹב לוֺ Exodus 23:5a (E) thou shalt refrain from leaving it (that is, the affair) to him; compare תַּעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּיצֶיהָ Job 39:14 (of ostrich).
j. leave over, remaining, accusative of person Joshua 2:21 (JE); accusative of thing + לְ person Leviticus 19:10; Leviticus 23:22 (H), Malachi 3:19 [Malachi 4:1].
k. leave = have nothing to do with Proverbs 9:6.
2. leave, abandon, forsake:
†a. abandon, accusative of thing:
(1) land, house, city, tent, etc., 1 Samuel 31:7 = 1 Chronicles 10:7; 2 Kings 7:7; Jeremiah 9:18; Jeremiah 48:28; Jeremiah 51:9; 2 Chronicles 11:14; Isaiah 17:9 (+ מִפְּנֵי of enemy); passive participle of cities Isaiah 17:2; Jeremiah 4:29; Zephaniah 2:4, compare עֲזוּבָה Isaiah 17:9 participle = substantive = deserted region.
(2) oxen 1 Kings 19:20, idol-images (+ שָׁם) 2 Samuel 5:21 = 1 Chronicles 14:12, flock Zechariah 11:17; passive participle of eggs Isaiah 10:14.
†b. forsake,
(1) human subject and object: Genesis 2:24 (J; a man his parents), 1 Samuel 30:13; Joshua 22:3 (D), Jeremiah 49:11; Psalm 27:10 (parent a child), Proverbs 2:17 (wife her husband, אַלוּף), compare עֲזוּבָה אִשָּׁה Isaiah 54:6, and ע׳ of personified Zion Isaiah 60:15; Isaiah 62:4.
(2) an animal its young Jeremiah 14:5 (object om).
†c. = neglect, Levite Deuteronomy 12:19; Deuteronomy 14:27, poor Job 20:19.
d. especially
(1) figurative of forsaking God (י׳), apostatizing, Judges 10:10; Deuteronomy 28:20; Deuteronomy 31:16; Jeremiah 1:16 + 38 times (often Jeremiah and later); + Jonah 2:9 (object חַסְדָּם, i.e. God, see חֶסֶד II); with ל + infinitive only עָֽזְבוּ לִשְׁמֹר אֶתיֿ׳ Hosea 4:10 (Oort We Now doubt לִשְׁמֹר).
(2) object י׳'s law, commands, covenant, etc., Deuteronomy 29:24; 1 Kings 19:10, 14 + 14 times; house of י׳ 2 Chronicles 24:18; Nehemiah 10:40.
† (3) forsake, fail to follow, obey advice, instruction, wisdom, reproof: 1 Kings 12:8, 13 2 Chronicles 10:8, 13; Proverbs 2:13; Proverbs 4:2, 6; Proverbs 10:17; Proverbs 15:10; Proverbs 27:10.
† (4) but also of forsaking idols Ezekiel 20:8, sins of various kinds Ezekiel 23:8; Isaiah 55:7; Proverbs 28:13 (object omitted; + מוֺדֶה confess); הַמַּשָּׁא usury Nehemiah 5:10.
e. of God's forsaking, abandoning men: Deuteronomy 31:17; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 49:14; Isaiah 54:7; 2 Chronicles 12:5; Ezra 9:9; Psalm 9:11; Psalm 22:2 + 8 times Psalms; + בְּיַד Nehemiah 9:28; Psalm 37:33; Psalm 16:10 thou wilt not abandon my soul לִשְׁאוֺל; of temporary abandonment 2 Chronicles 32:31 (+ infinitive of purpose); etc. (34 times in all); + Jeremiah 12:7 (י׳ abandoning his house).
†f. of God's leaving, i.e. ceasing to regard, the earth, thus giving impunity to crime, Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9.
†g. of strength (כֹּחַ) forsaking one Psalm 38:11, courage (לֵב) Psalm 40:13, kindness and faithfulness (חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת) Proverbs 3:3.
†3. let loose, set free, let go עִמּוֺ עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב Exodus 23:5b (E) thou shalt by all means free it (that is, the beast) with him, (aid him to set it free; on sense, compare Deuteronomy 22:4; DHM below II. עזב); עָצוּר וְעָזוּב shut up and freed, proverb. phrase, = all classes of people Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8; 2 Kings 14:26 (exact meaning dubious; probably either = bond and free, or [see RSSem i. 437, 2nd ed. 456] under taboo and free from it); let go Job 20:13 (with accusative of wickedness as morsel in mouth); let loose my complaint Job 10:1 (עָלַי apud me, compare עַל II 1 d); אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי Job 9:27 I will loosen, relax, my face, (compare Thes De Me Stu Di BuhlLex Bu; > abandon my [gloomy] countenance AV RV SS BaeKau Du).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נֶעֱזַב Nehemiah 13:11; 3rd person feminine singular נֶעֱזָבָ֫ה Isaiah 62:12; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֵּעָזֵב Isaiah 7:16; Leviticus 26:43, תֵּעָ֣זַב Job 18:4; 3rd person masculine plural יֵעָֽזְבוּ Isaiah 18:6; Participle נֶעֱזָב Isaiah 27:10; Psalm 37:25; feminine plural נֶעֱזָבוֺת Ezekiel 36:4; —
1. be left to (לְ), i.e. to the possession of, Isaiah 18:6.
2. be forsaken, of house of God Nehemiah 13:11, a city Ezekiel 36:4; Isaiah 27:10 (|| מְשֻׁלָּח), Isaiah 62:12; the earth Job 18:4, land Isaiah 7:16; Leviticus 26:43 (+ מִן of exiles); of man Psalm 37:25.
Pu. (or Qal passive, see Ges§ 52 e) be deserted, of city: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֲמוֺן עִיר עֻזָּב֫ Isaiah 32:14 (|| נֻטָּ֔שׁ); 3rd person feminine singular עֻזְּבָה Jeremiah 49:25.

† II. [עָזַב] verb restore, repair (?) (compare perhaps Sabean עדֿב restore, SabDenkm90 DHMÖster. Monatsschr. f. d. Orient 1885, 226; also Late Hebrew מַעֲזִיבָה restoration, erection LevyNHWB iii. 186, Arabic bdb073801, building-stone KremerBeitr. ii. 18); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיַּעַזְבוּ Nehemiah 3:8 and they repaired (?) Jerusalem as far as the broad wall; > paved GuZPV viii (1885), 282 f., or from √ I. עזב (see views in Be Ryle).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:24; 2:24; 24:27; 24:27; 39:6; 39:12; 39:13; 39:15; 39:18; 44:22; 44:22; 50:8

Exodus

2:20; 2:20; 9:21; 23:5; 23:5; 23:5

Leviticus

19:10; 23:22; 26:43; 26:43

Numbers

10:31

Deuteronomy

12:19; 14:27; 22:4; 28:20; 29:24; 31:16; 31:17; 32:26; 32:36

Joshua

2:21; 8:17; 22:3

Judges

10:10

Ruth

1:16; 2:16; 2:20

1 Samuel

30:13; 30:13; 31:7

2 Samuel

5:21; 15:16

1 Kings

8:6; 12:8; 12:13; 14:10; 19:10; 19:14; 19:20; 21:21

2 Kings

2:2; 2:4; 2:6; 4:30; 7:7; 9:8; 14:26

1 Chronicles

10:7; 14:12; 16:37

2 Chronicles

10:8; 10:13; 11:14; 12:5; 24:18; 24:25; 28:14; 32:31

Ezra

9:9

Nehemiah

3:8; 5:10; 9:28; 13:11; 13:11

Job

9:27; 10:1; 18:4; 18:4; 20:13; 20:19; 39:11; 39:14

Psalms

9:11; 10:14; 16:10; 22:2; 27:10; 37:8; 37:8; 37:25; 37:25; 37:33; 38:11; 38:11; 40:13

Proverbs

2:13; 2:17; 2:17; 3:3; 4:2; 4:6; 9:6; 9:6; 10:17; 10:17; 15:10; 27:10; 28:13

Isaiah

7:16; 7:16; 10:3; 10:14; 17:2; 17:9; 17:9; 18:6; 18:6; 27:10; 27:10; 32:14; 42:16; 49:14; 49:14; 54:6; 54:7; 54:7; 55:7; 55:7; 60:15; 62:4; 62:12; 62:12

Jeremiah

1:16; 2:17; 4:29; 9:1; 9:18; 12:7; 14:5; 14:5; 18:14; 25:28; 48:28; 48:28; 49:11; 49:11; 49:25; 51:9

Ezekiel

8:12; 9:9; 20:8; 23:8; 23:8; 23:29; 24:21; 36:4; 36:4

Hosea

4:10

Jonah

2:9

Zephaniah

2:4

Zechariah

11:17

Malachi

4:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5800 matches the Hebrew עָזַב (ʿāzaḇ),
which occurs 215 times in 206 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 5 (Neh 5:10–Isa 1:28)

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:10 - “And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let’s [fn]do H5800 without H5800 this interest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 -

“They refused to listen,

And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You performed among them;

So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in [fn]Egypt.

But You are a God of forgiveness,

Gracious and compassionate,

Slow to anger and abounding in [fn]mercy;

And You did not abandon H5800 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19 -

You, in Your great compassion,

Did not abandon H5800 them in the wilderness;

The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day,

To guide them on their way,

Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 -

“But as soon as they had rest, they did evil again before You;

Therefore You abandoned H5800 them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them.

When they cried out again to You, You heard from heaven,

And many times You rescued them according to Your compassion,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:31 -

“Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or abandon H5800 them,

For You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the chambers; the utensils of the sanctuary, the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers, and the singers are there. So we will not [fn]neglect H5800 the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - So I [fn]reprimanded the officials and said, “Why has the house of God been neglected H5800?” Then I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:14 -

“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;

So that he does not abandon H5800 the [fn]fear of the Almighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:27 -

“Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,

I will [fn]put H5800 my face in H5800 order H5800 and be cheerful,’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:1 -

[fn]I am disgusted with my own life;

I will express H5800 my complaint freely H5800;

I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 -

[fn]You who tear yourself in your anger

Should the earth be abandoned H5800 for your sake,

Or the rock moved from its place?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 -

Though he [fn]desires it and will not let H5800 it go H5800,

But holds it in his [fn]mouth,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 -

“For he has oppressed and neglected H5800 the poor;

He has seized a house which he has not built.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:11 -

“Will you trust him because his strength is great,

And leave H5800 your labor to him?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 -

For she abandons H5800 her eggs to the earth

And warms them in the dust,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:10 -

And [fn]those who know Your name will put their trust in You,

For You, LORD, have not abandoned H5800 those who seek You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 -

You have seen it, for You have looked at harm and provocation to [fn]take it into Your hand.

The [fn]unfortunate commits H5800 himself to You;

You have been the helper of the orphan.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 -

For You will not abandon H5800 my soul to [fn]Sheol;

You will not [fn]allow Your [fn]Holy One to [fn]undergo decay.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:1 -

For the music director; upon [fn]Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have You forsaken H5800 me?

Far from my [fn]help are the words of my [fn]groaning.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 -

Do not hide Your face from me,

Do not turn Your servant away in anger;

You have been my help;

Do not abandon me nor forsake H5800 me,

God of my salvation!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:10 -

[fn]For my father and my mother have forsaken H5800 me,

But the LORD will take me up.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 -

Cease from anger and abandon H5800 wrath;

Do not get upset; it leads only to evildoing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:25 -

I have been young and now I am old,

Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken H5800

Or his [fn]descendants begging for bread.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28 -

For the LORD loves [fn]justice

And does not abandon H5800 His godly ones;

They are protected forever,

But the [fn]descendants of the wicked will be eliminated.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:33 -

The LORD will not leave H5800 him in his hand

Or let him be condemned when he is judged.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:10 -

My heart throbs, my strength fails H5800 me;

And the light of my eyes, even [fn]that [fn]has gone from me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:21 -

Do not abandon H5800 me, LORD;

My God, do not be far from me!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 -

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;

My guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;

They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,

And my heart has [fn]failed H5800 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:10 -

For he sees that even wise people die;

The foolish and the stupid alike perish

And leave H5800 their wealth to others.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:9 -

Do not cast me away at the time of my old age;

Do not abandon H5800 me when my strength fails.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:11 -

Saying, “God has abandoned H5800 him;

Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to save him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18 -

And even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon H5800 me,

Until I declare Your [fn]strength to this generation,

Your power to all who are to come.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:30 -

“If his sons abandon H5800 My Law

And do not walk in My judgments,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:14 -

For the LORD will not abandon His people,

Nor will He abandon H5800 His inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:8 -

I will keep Your statutes;

Do not utterly abandon H5800 me!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:53 -

Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,

Who abandon H5800 Your Law.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:87 -

They almost destroyed me on earth,

But as for me, I did not abandon H5800 Your precepts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:13 -

From those who leave H5800 the paths of uprightness

To walk in the ways of darkness;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:17 -

Who leaves H5800 the companion of her youth

And forgets the covenant of her God;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:3 -

Do not let kindness and truth leave H5800 you;

Bind them around your neck,

Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:2 -

For I give you good teaching;

Do not abandon H5800 my [fn]instruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 -

“Do not abandon H5800 her, and she will guard you;

Love her, and she will watch over you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 -

[fn]Abandon H5800 your foolishness and live,

And proceed in the way of understanding.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17 -

One who is on the path of life follows instruction,

But one who ignores H5800 a rebuke goes astray.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10 -

There is severe punishment for one who abandons H5800 the way;

One who hates a rebuke will die.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 -

Do not abandon H5800 your friend or your father’s friend,

And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster;

Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:4 -

Those who abandon H5800 the Law praise the wicked,

But those who keep the Law strive against them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:13 -

One who conceals his wrongdoings will not prosper,

But one who confesses and abandons H5800 them will find compassion.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 -

Oh, sinful nation,

People weighed down with guilt,

[fn]Offspring of evildoers,

Sons who act corruptly!

They have abandoned H5800 the LORD,

They have despised the Holy One of Israel,

They have turned away [fn]from Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:28 -

But [fn]wrongdoers and sinners together will be broken,

And those who abandon H5800 the LORD will come to an end.


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