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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
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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

H5800

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Strong's Number H5800 matches the Hebrew עָזַב (ʿāzaḇ),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:16 - “I will [fn]pronounce My judgments on them concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken H5800 Me and have [fn]offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken H5800 Me,
The fountain of living waters,
To hew for themselves cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That can hold no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:17 - “Have you not done this to yourself
By your forsaking H5800 the LORD your God
When He led you in the way?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - “Your own wickedness will correct you,
And your apostasies will reprove you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter
For you to forsake H5800 the LORD your God,
And the dread of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:29 - At the sound of the horseman and bowman every city flees;
They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;
Every city is forsaken, H5800
And no man dwells in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - “Why should I pardon you?
Your sons have forsaken H5800 Me
And sworn by those who are not gods.
When I had fed them to the full,
They committed adultery
And trooped to the harlot’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19 - “It shall come about when [fn]they say, ‘Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken H5800 Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:2 - [fn]Oh that I had in the desert
A wayfarers’ lodging place;
That I might leave H5800 my people
And go from them!
For all of them are adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:13 - The LORD said, “Because they have forsaken H5800 My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 - “For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion,
‘How are we ruined!
We are put to great shame,
For we have left H5800 the land,
Because they have cast down our dwellings.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:7 - “I have forsaken H5800 My house,
I have abandoned My inheritance;
I have given the beloved of My soul
Into the hand of her enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:5 - “For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon H5800 her young,
Because there is no grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:11 - “Then you are to say to them, ‘It is because your forefathers have forsaken H5800 Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘and have followed other gods and served them and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken H5800 and have not kept My law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:11 - “As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake H5800 him,
And in [fn]the end he will be a fool.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - O LORD, the hope of Israel,
All who forsake H5800 You will be put to shame.
Those who turn [fn]away on earth will be written down,
Because they have forsaken H5800 the fountain of living water, even the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14 - ‘Does the snow of Lebanon forsake H5800 the rock of the open country?
Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - “Because they have forsaken H5800 Me and have made this an alien place and have burned [fn]sacrifices in it to other gods, that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:9 - “Then they will [fn]answer, ‘Because they forsook H5800 the covenant of the LORD their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - “He has left H5800 His hiding place like the lion;
For their land has become a horror
Because of the fierceness of the [fn]oppressing sword
And because of His fierce anger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - “Leave H5800 the cities and dwell among the crags,
O inhabitants of Moab,
And be like a dove that nests
Beyond the mouth of the chasm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:11 - “Leave H5800 your [fn]orphans behind, H5800 I will keep them alive;
And let your widows trust in Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:25 - “How [fn]the city of praise has not been deserted, H5800
The town of My joy!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9 - We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;
Forsake H5800 her and let us each go to his own country,
For her judgment has reached to heaven
And [fn]towers up to the very skies.
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