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Strong's #6 - אָבַד
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- Strong
- perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed
- (Qal)
- perish, die, be exterminated
- perish, vanish (figuratively)
- be lost, strayed
- (Piel)
- to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate
- to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (figuratively)
- cause to stray, lose
- (Hiphil)
- to destroy, put to death
- of divine judgment
- object name of kings (figuratively)
- to destroy, put to death
- (Qal)
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1027) db (בד BD) AC: Separate CO: Alone AB: Destruction: The pictograph b is a representation of a tent. The d is a picture of the tent door. These two pictographs represent "the door of the tent". The father of the tent often sat alone at the door of the tent. Here he could receive shade from the sun, watch over his household and watch the road for approaching strangers. (see Genesis 18:1,2) (eng: bad - as being alone)
A) db (בד BD) AC: Separate CO: ? AB: ?: Anyone or anything that is alone, apart or separated from the whole or from something else.
Nm) db (בד BD) - Separated: Something that is separated from the whole. This can be a branch as separated from the tree (as well as a staff made from a branch) . Linen cloth whose fibers are divided. A lie or liar as what causes a separation through careless words, lying, or bragging. KJV (85): linen, lie, liar, parts, stave, beside, branches, alone, only, strength - Strongs: H905 (בַּד), H906 (בַּד), H907 (בַּד)
B) ddb (בדד BDD) AC: ? CO: Alone AB: ?: Someone or something that is alone and separated from the whole.
V) ddb (בדד BDD) - Alone: KJV (3): (vf: Paal) alone - Strongs: H909 (בָּדַד)
Nm) ddb (בדד BDD) - Alone: KJV (11): alone, solitary, only, desolate - Strongs: H910 (בָּדָד)
C) dba (אבד ABD) AC: Perish CO: Lost AB: Destruction: A wanderer is one alone or lost. A place separated from people is a place of ruin.
V) dba (אבד ABD) - Perish: To be separated from the whole, life or functionality. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (191): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hophal, Piel) lost thing, that which was lost - Strongs: H6 (אָבַד), H7 (אֲבַד)
Nf1) edba (אבדה ABDH) - Lost Thing: KJV (4): lost thing, that which was lost - Strongs: H9 (אֲבֵדָה)
gm) dbfa (אובד AWBD) - Perish: KJV (2): perish - Strongs: H8 (אֹבֵד)
jf) nfdba (אבדונ ABDWN) - Destruction: A place of ruin. [df: hdba] KJV (7): destruction - Strongs: H10 (אֲבַדֹּה), H11 (אֲבַדּוֹן)
mm ) ndba (אבדנ ABDN) - Destruction: A separation through extinction. KJV (2): destruction - Strongs: H12 (אַבְדָן), H13 (אָבְדַן)
E) adb (בדא BDA) AC: Devise CO: ? AB: ?: A separation from truth.
V) adb (בדא BDA) - Devise: To invent a false account or story. KJV (2): (vf: Paal) devise, feign - Strongs: H908 (בָּדָא)
M) dib (ביד BYD) AC: ? CO: Ruin AB: ?: Something brought to ruin and left alone.
Nm) dib (ביד BYD) - Ruin: Someone or something brought to ruin. [df: dyp] KJV (3): destruction, ruin - Strongs: H6365 (פִּיד)
Adopted Roots:
- A2005 Ldb (Separate, Piece)
- A2006 Qdb (Repair, Breach)
- A2007 Rdb (Scatter)
- A2805 Ubs (Branch)
- A3064 Ubrs (Sceptor)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect ׳א Numbers 21:30 +; אָֽבְדוּ Psalm 10:16 + (+ Ezekiel 6:3 ᵐ5 Co) etc.; Imperfect יאֹבַד Job 3:3; Jeremiah 4:9; יאֹבֵ֑דּ Job 20:7 2t.; 3 feminine singular תּאֹבַד Deuteronomy 22:3 4t.; תּאֹבֵ֑ד Job 8:13 3t.; יאֹבְדוּ Judges 5:31 3t.; יאֹבֵ֑דוּ Job 4:9 +; 3 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 2t.; 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 & (v. 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 מִןהָֿאָרֶץחָסִיד ׳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 Dl w); city Ezekiel 26:17 (but strike out ᵐ5 Co); compare bamôth Ezekiel 6:3 ᵐ5 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 מִןֿ׳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`el causative of Qal. — Perfect אִבַּד 2 Kings 21:3 2t.; suffix וְאִבֶּדְךָ Co Ezekiel 28:16 compare below; אִבַּדְתִּי Jeremiah 15:7; וְאִבַּדְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 6:3 (ᵐ5 Co וְאָֽבְּדוּ) etc.; Imperfect יְאַבֵּד Ecclesiastes 9:18; וִיאַבֵּד Ecclesiastes 7:7; Zephaniah 2:13; 1 singular suffix וָאַבֶּדְךָ Ezekiel 28:16 (for ׳וָאֲאַבּ Ew§ 72 c Ol§ 79 a Kö I:338 Ges§ 68 fin; but Co 3 masculine singular; see also Co Ezekiel 38:14); תְּאַבְּדוּן Deuteronomy 12:2 etc.; Infinitive absolute אַבֵּד Deuteronomy 12:2 3t.; 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 ᵐ5 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 ᵐ5 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`il 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 מןהֿארצות; "" כָּרַת), compare Ezekiel 25:16; Canaanites Deuteronomy 8:20 (followed by מִמְּנֵיכֶם); Canaan = Philistines Zephaniah 2:5 ("" כָּרַת); especially Israel Deuteronomy 28:51,63 ("" הִשְׁמִיד), compare Joshua 7:7; also absolute Jeremiah 18:7 ("" לִנְתוֺשׁוְלִנְתוֺץ); = 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`el above)
[אֲבַד] verb perish (Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe`al mpl. 3 masculine plural יֵאבַ֫דוּ (not וּן#NAME?§ 26,1) Jeremiah 10:11 they shall persish, pass away.
Haph`el (Old Aramaic האבד Lzb205 Cooke189) destoy: Imperfect 2 masculine singular אַלתְּֿהוֺבֵד (K§ 41 c) Daniel 2:24(c.ל person); 3 masculine plural יְהוֺבְדוּן Daniel 2:18(indefinite subject; accusative of person); Infinitive לְהוֺבָדָא Daniel 2:12; Daniel 2:24 (both with ל person), דָה- Daniel 7:26 (absolute).
Hoph`al (K§ 41 c W CG 225) be destroyed: Perfect 3 masculine singular הוּבַד Daniel 7:11.
אבה (assumed as √ of following).
אָבַד , fut. יאֹבַד (at the end of a clause) יאֹבֵד
(1) part. to be lost, to lose oneself, to wander, fich verlieren, fich verloren haben, especially used of a lost and wandering sheep (Arabic أَبَدَ to flee away in the desert, as a wild beast, and there to disappear as it were, fich in der Wüfte verlieren). אֹבֵד שֶׂה “a lost and wandering sheep,” Psalms 119:176 comp. Jeremiah 50:6; Ezekiel 34:4, 16 Ezekiel 34:16. Used of men, Isaiah 27:13, הָאֹבְדִים בְּאֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר “those who wander in the land of Assyria” (are there exiled); Deuteronomy 26:5, אֲרַמִּי אֹבֵד “a wandering Syrian;” it is also used of things, such as rivers which disappear in the desert, Job 6:18 and metaph. of wisdom failing, Isaiah 29:14. Hence
(2) to perish, to be destroyed (Syr. Sam. id. In Arabic, in this sense, the kindred بَادَ is used); used of men and other living creatures as perishing, Psalms 37:20; Job 4:11 sometimes with the addition of the words מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ, Deuteronomy 4:26, 11:17 Joshua 23:13, 16 Joshua 23:16 also used of a land and houses which are laid waste, Jeremiah 9:11; Amos 3:15 metaph. of hope, wish, desires which are frustrated, Psalms 9:19, 112:10 Proverbs 10:28, 11:7 Ezek, 12:22. Const. followed by לְ of pers., 1 Samuel 9:3, 20 1 Samuel 9:20 also followed by מִן, Deuteronomy 22:3; Job 11:20, מָנוֹס אָבַד מִנְּהֶם “refuge perished from them;” Jeremiah 25:35; Psalms 142:5; Ezekiel 7:26, תּוֹרָה תּאֹבַד מִכֹּהֵן זְעֵצָה מִזְּקֵנִים “the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the old men;” compare Jeremiah 18:18, 49:7 hence, Deuteron. 32:28, גּוֹי אֹבַד עֵצוֹת “a nation whose counsel has perished,” Vulg. consilii expers; Jeremiah 4:9, יאֹבַד לֵב הַמֶּלֶךְ “the heart of the king shall perish” (for fear and terror); Job 8:13, וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תּאֹבֵד “and (so) shall perish the hope of the wicked,” Psalms 9:19, 112:10 Proverbs 10:28.
(3) to be ready to perish, to be wretched, unfortunate. Part. אֹבֵד wretched, Job 29:13, 31:19 Proverbs 31:6.
Piel אִבַּד
(1) to lose, to reckon as lost, give up as lost (verloren geben), Ecclesiastes 3:6.
(2) to cause to wander, to disperse (a flock), Jeremiah 23:1.
(3) to cause to perish, to destroy; Ecclesiastes 7:7, יְאַבֵּד אֶת־לֵב מַתָּנָה “a gift (bribe) destroys (i.e. corrupts) the heart.” Followed by מִן, to extirpate from anything, Jeremiah 51:55. Specially
(a) to lay waste, used of inanimate things, 2 Kings 19:18; Numbers 33:52; Deuteronomy 12:2, אִבַּד הוֹן “to squander one’s means of support” (substance); Proverbs 29:3.
(b) of men, to kill, to slay, to extirpate, Esther 3:9, 13 2 Kings 11:1, 13:7.
Hiphil הֶאֱבִיד, i.q. Pi. to destroy, to cut off, as men and nations, Deuteronomy 7:10, 8:20 sometimes with addition of the words מִקֶּרֶב הָעָם Leviticus 23:30 הַשָּׁמַיִם מִתַּחַת, Deuteronomy 7:24 also, to lay a land waste, Zephaniah 2:5 to take away hope, Job 14:19. Very rarely א in 1 fut. quiesces, אֹבִידָה for אאֹבִידָה, Jeremiah 46:8. The derivatives all immediately follow [אֹבֵד-אָבְדָן].