Hebrew Word Study

The meaning of “אָבַד”

Understanding ʼâbad reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be u...

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Hebrew Text

Strong's Concordance

אָבַד

Phoneticaw-bad'

Transliterationʼâbad

Grammar Code

H:V

Hebrew Verb

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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. - properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself - by implication to perish (causative, destroy) 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.)

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

174 total references

Reference	Text
Exodus 10:7	“And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?” Word: אָבַד (ʼâbad)
Judges 5:31	“So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. ” Word: אָבַד (ʼâbad)
Job 11:20	“But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. ” Word: אָבַד (ʼâbad)
Jeremiah 27:10	“For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.” Word: אָבַד (ʼâbad)
Obadiah 1:12	“But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.” Word: אָבַד (ʼâbad)