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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
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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

H6

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Strong's Number H6 matches the Hebrew אָבַד ('āḇaḏ),
which occurs 24 times in 19 verses in 'Deu' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:10 - and repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:20 - Moreover Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves, perish from before thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:24 - And he will deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:19 - And it shall be, if thou shalt forget Jehovah thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:20 - As the nations that Jehovah maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:3 - Know therefore this day, that Jehovah thy God is he who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before thee: so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Jehovah hath spoken unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4 - and what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how Jehovah hath destroyed them unto this day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - and the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah giveth you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:2 - Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:3 - And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:20 - Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:22 - Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:51 - and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:63

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:63 - And it shall come to pass, that, as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:18 - I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days in the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:28 -
For they are a nation void of counsel,
And there is no understanding in them.
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