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. Jeremiah 25:38 עָזַ֥ב 'a.Zav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, and because of his fierce anger.

  2. Jeremiah 48:28 עִזְב֤וּ 'iz.Vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

  3. Jeremiah 49:11 עָזְבָ֥ה 'a.ze.Vah · A command to you: simple action

    Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

  4. Jeremiah 49:25 עֻזְּבָ֖ה 'u.ze.Vah · An action: strong action received, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?

  5. Jeremiah 51:9 עִזְב֕וּהָ 'iz.Vu.ha · A command to all of you: simple action

    We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

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