אָבַד verb perish (MI אבד, Assyrian abâtu Dl^{W 184} Aramaic אֲבַד, ). —

Qal Perfect ׳א Numbers 21:30 +; אָֽבְדוּ Psalm 10:16 + (+ Ezekiel 6:3 ᵐ5 Co) etc.; Imperfect יאֹבַד Job 3:3; Jeremiah 4:9; יאֹבֵ֑דּ Job 20:7 2t.; 3 feminine singular תּאֹבַד Deuteronomy 22:3 4t.; תּאֹבֵ֑ד Job 8:13 3t.; יאֹבְדוּ Judges 5:31 3t.; יאֹבֵ֑דוּ Job 4:9 +; 3 feminine plural וַתּאֹבַדְנָה 1 Samuel 9:3; תּאֹבֵדוּן Deuteronomy 4:26 +; נאֹבֵ֑ד Jonah 1:6; Jonah 3:9; נאֹבְדָה Jonah 1:14, etc.; Infinitive absolute אָבדֹ Deuteronomy 4:26 2t.; construct אֲבדֹ Deuteronomy 7:20; Proverbs 11:10; אֲבָדְךָ Deuteronomy 28:20; אָבְדֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 28:22; אֲבָדְכֶם Joshua 23:13; אָבְדָם Obadiah 12; Proverbs 28:28; Participle אוֺבֵד Deuteronomy 26:5 + 7:t.; construct אֹבַד Deuteronomy 32:28 (before ע ? see Di. Bö^{§ 378}); etc.

1 perish, die, of individuals (mostly late) Numbers 17:27 ("" נוע & (v.Numbers 17:28) מות, (also Deuteronomy 26:5 ? compare below) Jonah 1:6,14; Job 31:19; compare Job 29:13; Proverbs 31:6; Esther 4:14,16 (twice in verse); Micah 4:9; Jeremiah 40:15 compare Isaiah 57:1; Proverbs 11:10; Proverbs 28:28; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Psalm 119:92; emphasis on mortality Job 4:20; Psalm 146:4; Ecclesiastes 9:6; Saul & Jonathan, under figure of weapons 2 Samuel 1:27; lion Job 4:11; caravan Job 6:18 (compare Di); compare מִןהָֿאָרֶץ חָסִיד ׳א Micah 7:2, מֶלֶח מֵעַזָּה ׳וא Zechariah 9:5; perish, be exterminated (judgment for sin), of Israel Leviticus 26:38; Deuteronomy 8:19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 8:20; Deuteronomy 28:20; Deuteronomy 20:22; Deuteronomy 30:18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 27:10,15; compare Jeremiah 6:21; Obadiah 12; compare Psalm 80:17; Isaiah 27:13; other nations Deuteronomy 7:20; Jeremiah 10:15; Jeremiah 51:18; Psalm 2:12; Psalm 10:16; Psalm 83:18; compare Psalm 9:4; Amos 1:8; Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 60:12 compare Jonah 3:9 see also Exodus 10:7; Numbers 21:29,30 (JE) Jeremiah 48:46; house of Ahab 2 Kings 9:8; wicked in General Judges 5:31; Job 4:9 compare Job 4:7, Psalm 37:20; Psalm 49:11; Psalm 68:3 ("" simile of melting wax), Psalm 73:27; Psalm 92:10; also Proverbs 19:9; Proverbs 21:18; ׳לָנֶצַח א Job 20:7; compare ׳דֶּרֶח רְשָׁעִים א Psalm 1:6; followed by מֵעַל הָאָ֑רֶץ (of annihilation of Israel) Deuteronomy 4:26 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 11:17; Joshua 23:13,16 (D); followed by מִתּוֺח הַקָּהָל (of Korah's company) Numbers 16:33 (JE); perish, be ruined, destroyed, of inanimate things, e.g. land Jeremiah 9:11 ("" נִצְּתָה כַמִּדְבָּר compare Jeremiah 48:8; harvest Joel 1:11; Jonah's gourd Jonah 4:10; riches Jeremiah 48:36; Ecclesiastes 5:13; vessel Psalm 31:13; houses Amos 3:15 (so often Assyrian Dl^w); city Ezekiel 26:17 (but strike out ᵐ5 Co); compare bamôth Ezekiel 6:3 ᵐ5 Co; heavens & earth Psalm 102:27.

2 figurative perish, vanish, subject memory Job 18:17; Psalm 9:7; name Psalm 41:6 (i.e. be forgotten); vigour Job 30:2; wisdom Isaiah 29:14; compare אֹבַד עֵצוֺת Deuteronomy 32:28; אֱמוּנָה Jeremiah 7:28 ("" נִכְרְתָה); חָזוֺן Ezekiel 12:22; יוֺם Job 3:3 (i.e. be blotted out); לֵב Jeremiah 4:9 (i.e. courage fail); תִּקְוָה Psalm 9:19; Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 11:7; Ezekiel 19:5; Ezekiel 37:11; Job 8:13; so תַּאֲוָה Psalm 112:10 (i.e. comes to naught); תּוֺחֶלֶת Proverbs 11:7, followed by מִן + agent Lamentations 3:18; עֵצָה + תּוֺרָה followed by מן + persons negligent Jeremiah 18:18; Ezekiel 7:26, compare Jeremiah 49:7; especially מָנוֺס מִןֿ ׳א (i.e. they could not escape) Amos 2:14; Jeremiah 25:35; Job 11:20; Psalm 142:5.

3 be lost, strayed, asses 1 Samuel 9:3,20; sheep Jeremiah 50:6; Ezekiel 34:4,16; Psalm 119:176 (figurative of erring men); perhaps Deuteronomy 26:5.

Pi`el causative of Qal. — Perfect אִבַּד 2 Kings 21:3 2t.; suffix וְאִבֶּדְךָ Co Ezekiel 28:16 compare below; אִבַּדְתִּי Jeremiah 15:7; וְאִבַּדְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 6:3 (ᵐ5 Co וְאָֽבְּדוּ) etc.; Imperfect יְאַבֵּד Ecclesiastes 9:18; וִיאַבֵּד Ecclesiastes 7:7; Zephaniah 2:13; 1singular suffix וָאַבֶּדְךָ Ezekiel 28:16 (for ׳וָאֲאַבּ Ew^{§ 72 c} Ol^{§ 79 a} Kö I:338 Ges^{§ 68} fin; but Co 3 masculine singular; see also Co Ezekiel 38:14); תְּאַבְּדוּן Deuteronomy 12:2 etc.; Infinitive absolute אַבֵּד Deuteronomy 12:2 3t.; construct id. Ezekiel 22:27 + etc.; Participle מְאַבְּדִים Jeremiah 23:1.

1 cause to perish, destroy, kill, object person (mostly late) 2 Kings 11:1; Esther 3:9; Esther 4:7; Esther 8:5; Esther 9:24; "" הרג Esther 9:6,12; "" הרג + השׁמיד Esther 3:13; Esther 7:4; Esther 8:11; "" המם Esther 9:24; compare Psalm 119:95; object נְפָשׁוֺת Ezekiel 22:17 (strike out ᵐ5 Co); in judgment, subject ׳י Psalm 5:7; compare Proverbs 1:32; followed by מִתּוֺח Ezekiel 28:16; object a people 2 Kings 13:7; 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:19; Job 12:13; in judgment Deuteronomy 11:4; Jeremiah 12:17; Jeremiah 15:7; Zephaniah 2:13; Psalm 9:6; compare Psalm 21:11; object inanimate things especially idols, bamôth etc., Numbers 33:52 (twice in verse); (J) Deuteronomy 12:2 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 21:3; Ezekiel 6:3 (but compare ᵐ5 Co above); bars of Zion Lamentations 2:9 ("" שִׁבַּר).

2 figurative cause to vanish, blot out, do away with names of idols Deuteronomy 12:3; voice of Babylon Jeremiah 51:55; memory of dead Isaiah 26:14; substance Proverbs 29:3; understanding Ecclesiastes 7:7; good ( טוֺבָה q. v.) Ecclesiastes 9:18.

3 cause to stray, lose; object Israel under figure of flock Jeremiah 23:1 ("" הֵפִיץ); absolute Ecclesiastes 3:6 ("" בִּקֵּשׁ).

Hiph`il Perfect וְהֶאֱבִּיד Numbers 24:19; הֶאֱבַ֑דְתָּ Job 14:19 etc.; Imperfect אֹבִידָה Jeremiah 46:8 (Ges^{§ 68}, 2 R. 1). Infinitive construct הַאֲבִיד 2 Kings 10:19 + etc.; Participle מַאֲבִיד Deuteronomy 8:20.

1 destroy, put to death, in judgment, (subject ׳י) object person Leviticus 23:30 (followed by מִקֶּרֶב עַמָּהּ; "" כָּרַת Leviticus 23:29); Jeremiah 49:38 (followed by מִשָּׁם); Obadiah 8 (followed by מֵאֱדוֺם); object nation, Ammon Ezekiel 25:7 (followed by מןהֿארצות; "" כָּרַת), compare Ezekiel 25:16; Canaanites Deuteronomy 8:20 (followed by מִמְּנֵיכֶם); Canaan = Philistines Zephaniah 2:5 ("" כָּרַת); especially Israel Deuteronomy 28:51,63 ("" הִשְׁמִיד), compare Joshua 7:7; also absolute Jeremiah 18:7 ("" לִנְתוֺשׁ וְלִנְתוֺץ); = Jeremiah 1:10 (+ וְלַהֲרוֺס) = Jeremiah 31:28 (+ וּלְהָרֵעַ); animals Ezekiel 32:13 (followed by מֵעַל מַיִם רַבִּים); compare Deuteronomy 7:10; Psalm 143:12 ("" הִצְמִית); (human subject), object servants of Baal 2 Kings 10:19, object nation Deuteronomy 9:3, compare Numbers 24:19 (E; followed by מֵעִיר); 2 Kings 24:2; compare Jeremiah 46:8; object inanimate, chariots Micah 5:9; idols Ezekiel 30:13 (strike out B Co).

2 figurative, object name of kings Deuteronomy 7:24 (followed by מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם); hope Job 14:19; voice of mirth etc. Jeremiah 25:10 (compare Jeremiah 51:55

Pi`el above)

[אֲבַד] verb perish (Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al mpl.3masculine plural יֵאבַ֫דוּ (not וּן#NAME?^{§ 26, 1}) Jeremiah 10:11 they shall persish, pass away.

Haph`el (Old Aramaic האבד Lzb²⁰⁵ Cooke¹⁸⁹) destoy: Imperfect2masculine singular אַלתְּֿהוֺבֵד (K^{§ 41 c}) Daniel 2:24(c.ל person); 3 masculine plural יְהוֺבְדוּן Daniel 2:18(indefinite subject; accusative of person); Infinitive לְהוֺבָדָא Daniel 2:12; Daniel 2:24 (both with ל person), דָה- Daniel 7:26 (absolute).

Hoph`al (K^{§ 41 c} W^{CG 225}) be destroyed: Perfect3masculine singular הוּבַד Daniel 7:11.

אבה (assumed as √ of following).



break, destroy uction, not escape, fail, lose, cause to, make perish, spend,

A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy) -- break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

’ā·ḇaḏ — 14 Occ.
’ā·ḇā·ḏāh — 2 Occ.
’ă·ḇā·ḏə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
’ă·ḇā·ḏə·ḵem — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇā·ḏə·tî — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇaḏ·nū — 2 Occ.
’ā·ḇaḏt — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇaḏ·tā — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇaḏ·tî — 2 Occ.
’ā·ḇā·ḏū — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇə·ḏām — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇə·ḏe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇə·ḏū — 2 Occ.
’ā·ḇōḏ — 4 Occ.
ha·’ă·ḇîḏ — 1 Occ.
ha·’ă·ḇî·ḏōw — 1 Occ.
hā·’ō·ḇə·ḏîm — 1 Occ.
hā·’ō·ḇə·ḏō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
hā·’ō·ḇe·ḏeṯ — 2 Occ.
he·’ĕ·ḇaḏ·tā — 1 Occ.