עָזַב

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)

Every occurrence

1. 1 Kings 6:13 אֶעֱזֹ֖ב 'e.'e.Zo · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

   And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

2. 1 Kings 8:57 יַעַזְבֵ֖נוּ ya.'az.Ve.nu · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;

3. 1 Kings 9:9 עָזְב֜וּ 'a.ze.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   and they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath Jehovah brought all this evil upon them.

4. 1 Kings 11:33 עֲזָב֗וּנִי 'a.za.Vu.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and mine ordinances, as did David his father.

5. 1 Kings 12:8 וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב vai.ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

6. 1 Kings 12:13 וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב vai.ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

7. 1 Kings 14:10 וְעָז֖וּב ve.'a.Zuv · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

   therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone.

8. 1 Kings 18:18 בַּֽעֲזָבְכֶם֙ ba.'a.za.ve.Khem · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baalim.

9. 1 Kings 19:10 עָזְב֤וּ 'a.ze.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

10. 1 Kings 19:14 עָזְב֤וּ 'a.ze.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

11. 1 Kings 19:20 וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב vai.ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

12. 1 Kings 21:21 וְעָז֖וּב ve.'a.Zuv · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel:

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