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. Genesis 2:24 יַֽעֲזָב־ ya.'a.zov- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  2. Genesis 24:27 עָזַ֥ב 'a.Zav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth toward my master: as for me, Jehovah hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren.

  3. Genesis 28:15 אֶֽעֱזָבְךָ֔ 'e.'e.za.ve.Kha · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

  4. Genesis 39:6 וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב vai.ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not aught that was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and well-favored.

  5. Genesis 39:12 וַיַּעֲזֹ֤ב vai.ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

  6. Genesis 39:13 עָזַ֥ב 'a.Zav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

  7. Genesis 39:15 וַיַּעֲזֹ֤ב vai.ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out.

  8. Genesis 39:18 וַיַּעֲזֹ֥ב vai.ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.

  9. Genesis 44:22 לַעֲזֹ֣ב la.'a.Zo · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

  10. Genesis 44:22 וְעָזַ֥ב ve.'a.Zav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

  11. Genesis 50:8 עָזְב֖וּ 'a.ze.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

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