אֹבֵד
ʼôbêd · o-bade'
(concrete) wretched or (abstract) destruction
Lexicon
Derivation: active of participle of H6 (אָבַד);
(concrete) wretched or (abstract) destruction
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: perish.
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 אֹבֵד 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- end shall be that he perish1 · 50%
- and he also shall perish1 · 50%
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.