Strongs Number: H6
- Hebrew Word
- אָבַד
- Transliteration
- ʼâbad
- Phonetic
- aw-bad'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to wander {away} that is lose oneself; by implication to perish ({causatively} destroy)
- BDB Definition
-
1. perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed
a. (Qal)
1. perish, die, be exterminated
2. perish, vanish (fig.)
3. be lost, strayed
b. (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
c. (Hiphil)
1. to destroy, put to death 1c
d. of divine judgment
1. object name of kings (fig.)
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {break} destroy ({-uction}) + not {escape} {fail} {lose} (cause {to} make) {perish} {spend} X-(idiom) and {surely} {take} be {undone} X-(idiom) {utterly} be void {of} have no way to flee.