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Strong's Number H6

אָבַד

'abad · aw-bad'

Transliteration:

'abad{aw-bad'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

2

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

Usage in the KJV:

perish 75, destroy 40, lose 1, fail 2, surely 2, utterly 2, broken 1, destruction 1, escape 1, flee 1, spendeth 1, take 1, undone 1, void 1

Total: 184
Occurs 184 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed
1. (Qal)
  1. perish, die, be exterminated
  2. perish, vanish (fig.)
  3. be lost, strayed
2. (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
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to destroy, put to death
    1. of divine judgment
  2. object name of kings (fig.)