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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 184 times in 174 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 4 (Eze 25:16–Zec 9:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16 - ‘therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:17 - ‘And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you:

“How you have perished,
O one inhabited by seafaring men,
O renowned city,
Who was strong at sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:16 - “By the abundance of your trading
You became filled with violence within,
And you sinned;
Therefore I cast you as a profane thing
Out of the mountain of God;
And I destroyed you, O covering cherub,
From the midst of the fiery stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:

“I will also destroy the idols,
And cause the images to cease from Noph;[fn]
There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt;
I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:13 - Also I will destroy all its animals
From beside its great waters;
The foot of man shall muddy them no more,
Nor shall the hooves of animals muddy them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:4 - “The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:16 - “I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 - Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:11 - Be ashamed, you farmers,
Wail, you vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field has perished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:8 - I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
And the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn My hand against Ekron,
And the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
Says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:14 - Therefore flight shall perish from the swift,
The strong shall not strengthen his power,
Nor shall the mighty deliver himself;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:15 - I will destroy the winter house along with the summer house;
The houses of ivory shall perish,
And the great houses shall have an end,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:8 - “Will I not in that day,” says the LORD,
“Even destroy the wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountains of Esau?

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:12 - “But you should not have gazed on the day of your brother
In the day of his captivity;[fn]
Nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Nor should you have spoken proudly
In the day of distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:14 - Therefore they cried out to the LORD and said, “We pray, O LORD, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O LORD, have done as it pleased You.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:9 - Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:10 - But the LORD said, “You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:9 - Now why do you cry aloud?
Is there no king in your midst?
Has your counselor perished?
For pangs have seized you like a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:10 - “And it shall be in that day,” says the LORD,
“That I will cut off your horses from your midst
And destroy your chariots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:2 - The faithful man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
Every man hunts his brother with a net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5 - Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation of the Cherethites!
The word of the LORD is against you,
O Canaan, land of the Philistines:
“I will destroy you;
So there shall be no inhabitant.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:13 - And He will stretch out His hand against the north,
Destroy Assyria,
And make Nineveh a desolation,
As dry as the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:5 - Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation.
The king shall perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

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