Strong's H6 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: אָבַד (ʼâbad)

Pronunciation: aw-bad'

POS: aw-bad' Morph: v

Exegesis: a primitive root;

Definition: a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy); break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

KJV Usage: break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed
• 2. 1a) (Qal)
• 3. 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated
• 4. 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.)
• 5. 1a3) be lost, strayed
• 6. 1b) (Piel)
• 7. 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate
• 8. 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.)
• 9. 1b3) cause to stray, lose
• 10. 1c) (Hiphil)
• 11. 1c1) to destroy, put to death
• 12. 1c1a) of divine judgment
• 13. 1c2) object name of kings (fig.)

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G3077

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