אָבַד (ʼâbad) — Break
Hebrew word study: אָבַד (ʼâbad), Strong's H6. properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV translation words: 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.
Strong's H6 is tagged on 183 words in 173 verses across 25 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Exodus 10:7 and last appears in Zechariah 9:5.
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Books where it appears most
Verses (first 25 of 173)
- Exodus 10:7 — אָבְדָה — it will perish
- Leviticus 23:30 — וְהַאֲבַדְתִּי — and I will destroy
- Leviticus 26:38 — וַאֲבַדְתֶּם — and you will perish
- Numbers 16:33 — וַיֹּאבְדוּ — and they perished
- Numbers 17:12 — אָבַדְנוּ — we will perish
- Numbers 21:29 — אָבַדְתָּ — you have perished
- Numbers 21:30 — אָבַד — it has perished
- Numbers 24:19 — וְהֶאֱבִיד — and he will destroy
- Numbers 33:52 — וְאִבַּדְתֶּם — and you will destroy
- Deuteronomy 4:26 — אָבֹד — certainly to perish
- Deuteronomy 7:10 — לְהַאֲבִידוֹ — by destroying him
- Deuteronomy 7:20 — אֲבֹד — perish
- Deuteronomy 7:24 — וְהַאֲבַדְתָּ — and you will destroy
- Deuteronomy 8:19 — אָבֹד — certainly to perish
- Deuteronomy 8:20 — מַאֲבִיד — is about to destroy
- Deuteronomy 9:3 — וְהַאַבַדְתָּם — and you will destroy them
- Deuteronomy 11:4 — וַיְאַבְּדֵם — and he destroyed them
- Deuteronomy 11:17 — וַאֲבַדְתֶּם — and you will perish
- Deuteronomy 12:2 — אַבֵּד — certainly destroy
- Deuteronomy 12:3 — וְאִבַּדְתֶּם — and you will destroy
- Deuteronomy 22:3 — תֹּאבַד — it will be lost
- Deuteronomy 26:5 — אֹבֵד — wandering
- Deuteronomy 28:20 — אֲבָדְךָ — perishing you
- Deuteronomy 28:22 — אָבְדֶךָ — perishing you
- Deuteronomy 28:51 — הַאֲבִידוֹ — destroys it
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Related entries
Entries whose derivation names this word: H7 אֲבַד (ʼăbad), H8 אֹבֵד (ʼôbêd), H9 אֲבֵדָה (ʼăbêdâh), H11 אֲבַדּוֹן (ʼăbaddôwn), H12 אַבְדָן (ʼabdân), H13 אׇבְדַן (ʼobdan).
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Frequently asked questions
What does ʼâbad (H6) mean?
Properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy).
How is H6 translated in the KJV?
The KJV translates H6 as: 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..
How often does אָבַד (ʼâbad) appear?
Strong's H6 is tagged on 183 words in 173 verses across 25 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Exodus 10:7 and last appears in Zechariah 9:5.
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