Definition
a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Traditional renderings: break, destroy(-uction), not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, × and surely, take, be undone, × utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Traditional renderings: break, destroy(-uction), not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, × and surely, take, be undone, × utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אָבַד:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
184 total
- Exodus 10:7אָבְדָ֖ה · lies in ruinsPharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
- Leviticus 23:30וְהַֽאֲבַדְתִּ֛י · I will destroyI will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
- Leviticus 26:38וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם · You will perishYou will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.
- Numbers 16:33וַיֹּאבְד֖וּ · and they vanishedThey went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
- Numbers 17:12אָבַ֖דְנוּ · We are lost; אָבָֽדְנוּ׃ · lostThen the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
- Numbers 21:29אָבַ֖דְתָּ · You are destroyedWoe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
- Numbers 21:30אָבַ֥ד · is destroyedBut we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
- Numbers 24:19וְהֶֽאֱבִ֥יד · and destroyA ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”
- Numbers 33:52וְאִ֨בַּדְתֶּ֔ם · destroy; תְּאַבֵּ֔דוּ…you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
- Deuteronomy 4:26אָבֹ֣ד · perish; תֹּאבֵדוּן֮I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 7:10לְהַאֲבִיד֑וֹ · with destructionBut those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
- Deuteronomy 7:20אֲבֹ֗ד · have perishedMoreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.
- Deuteronomy 7:24וְהַאֲבַדְתָּ֣ · and you will wipe outHe will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.
- Deuteronomy 8:19אָבֹ֖ד · you will surely perish; תֹּאבֵדֽוּן׃If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
- Deuteronomy 8:20מַאֲבִ֣יד · has destroyed; תֹאבֵד֑וּן · you will perishLike the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 9:3וְהַֽאַבַדְתָּם֙ · and annihilate themBut understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 11:4וַיְאַבְּדֵ֣ם · destroyed them completely…what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
- Deuteronomy 11:17וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֣ם · and you will soon perish…or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 12:2אַבֵּ֣ד · Destroy completely; תְּ֠אַבְּדוּןDestroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- Deuteronomy 12:3וְאִבַּדְתֶּ֣ם · and wipe outTear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
- Deuteronomy 22:3תֹּאבַ֥דAnd you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.
- Deuteronomy 26:5אֹבֵ֣ד · was a wandering…and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
- Deuteronomy 28:20אֲבָדְךָ֙ · perishThe LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
- Deuteronomy 28:22אָבְדֶֽךָ׃ · you perishThe LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.
- Deuteronomy 28:51הַאֲבִיד֖וֹ · they have caused you to perishThey will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.
- Deuteronomy 28:63לְהַאֲבִ֥יד · to annihilateJust as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
- Deuteronomy 30:18אָבֹ֖ד · you will surely perish; תֹּאבֵד֑וּןI declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
- Deuteronomy 32:28אֹבַ֥ד · devoidIsrael is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.
- Joshua 7:7לְהַאֲבִידֵ֑נוּ · to be destroyed“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
- Joshua 23:13אֲבָדְכֶ֗ם · you perish…know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
- Joshua 23:16וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֣ם · perishIf you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
- Judges 5:31יֹאבְד֤וּ · perishSo may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
- 1 Samuel 9:3וַתֹּאבַ֙דְנָה֙ · wandered offOne day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
- 1 Samuel 9:20הָאֹבְד֣וֹת · you lostAs for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
- 2 Samuel 1:27וַיֹּאבְד֖וּ · have perishedHow the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”
- 2 Kings 9:8וְאָבַ֖ד · will perishThe whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
- 2 Kings 10:19הַאֲבִ֖יד · destroyNow, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
- 2 Kings 11:1וַתְּאַבֵּ֔ד · to annihilateWhen Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
- 2 Kings 13:7אִבְּדָם֙ · had destroyed themJehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
- 2 Kings 19:18וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃ · and destroyed themThey have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
- 2 Kings 21:3אִבַּ֖ד · had destroyedFor he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
- 2 Kings 24:2לְהַֽאֲבִיד֑וֹ · to destroyAnd the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
- Esther 3:9לְאַבְּדָ֑ם · to destroy themIf it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”