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. Deuteronomy 12:19 תַּעֲזֹ֖ב ta.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land.

  2. Deuteronomy 14:27 תַֽעַזְבֶ֑נּוּ ta.'az.Ve.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

  3. Deuteronomy 28:20 עֲזַבְתָּֽנִי׃ 'a.zav.Ta.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

  4. Deuteronomy 29:25 עָֽזְב֔וּ 'a.ze.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,

  5. Deuteronomy 31:6 יַעַזְבֶֽךָּ׃ פ ya.'az.Ve.ka · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

  6. Deuteronomy 31:8 יַֽעַזְבֶ֑ךָּ ya.'az.Ve.ka · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

  7. Deuteronomy 31:16 וַעֲזָבַ֕נִי va.'a.za.Va.ni · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

  8. Deuteronomy 31:17 וַעֲזַבְתִּ֞ים va.'a.zav.Tim · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

    Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

  9. Deuteronomy 32:36 וְעָזֽוּב׃ ve.'a.Zuv · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that their power is gone, And there is none remaining, shut up or left at large.

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