אָבַד
ʼâbad · aw-bad'
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
- properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself
- by implication, to perish (causative, destroy)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › the doorway, the way in
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָבַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
184 occurrences · 184 OT · 0 NT · 150 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall perish18 · 19%
- perish12 · 13%
- and destroy7 · 7%
- to destroy6 · 6%
- is perished5 · 5%
- and destroyed4 · 4%
- perisheth4 · 4%
- and to destroy4 · 4%
- perished4 · 4%
- destroyeth3 · 3%
- and perish3 · 3%
- they shall perish3 · 3%
- they perish3 · 3%
- had destroyed2 · 2%
- i will destroy2 · 2%
- therefore they have destroyed2 · 2%
- that which was lost2 · 2%
- that ye shall surely2 · 2%
- are perished2 · 2%
- shall not perish2 · 2%
- and to cause to perish2 · 2%
- upon them: and they perished1 · 1%
- and ye shall perish1 · 1%
- will i destroy1 · 1%
- is destroyed1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.