עָזַב

a.zav · to leave: forsake

Hebrew · Strong's H5800 · Verb · Sounds like: aw-zab' · 215 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to leave: forsake H5800A 195
  • to leave: release H5800C · a Meaning of 11
  • to leave: neglect H5800H · a Meaning of 7
  • to restore H5800B 1
  • Forsaken H5800G · a Name of 1

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.; commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
עָזַב 213 vb. leave, forsake, loose
Qal
1. leave, c. acc.
2. leave, abandon, forsake
3. let loose, set free, let go
Niph.
1. be left to
2. be forsaken, of house of God
Pu. (or Qal pass.) be deserted, of city
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[עָזַב] vb. restore, repair (?);—Qal Ne 3:8

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Chronicles 10:7 וַיַּעַזְב֤וּ vai.ya.'az.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  2. 1 Chronicles 14:12 וַיַּעַזְבוּ־ vai.ya.'az.vu- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.

  3. 1 Chronicles 16:37 וַיַּֽעֲזָב־ vai.ya.'a.zov- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required;

  4. 1 Chronicles 28:9 תַּֽעַזְבֶ֖נּוּ ta.'az.Ve.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  5. 1 Chronicles 28:20 יַֽעַזְבֶ֔ךָּ ya.'az.Ve.ka · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished.

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