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. Job 6:14 יַעֲזֽוֹב׃ ya.'a.Zov · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

  2. Job 9:27 אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה 'e.'ez.Vah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;

  3. Job 10:1 אֶֽעֶזְבָ֣ה 'e.'ez.Vah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  4. Job 18:4 תֵּעָ֣זַב te.'A.zav · A mild command: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

  5. Job 20:13 יַֽעַזְבֶ֑נָּה ya.'az.Ve.nah · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

  6. Job 20:19 עָזַ֣ב 'a.Zav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

  7. Job 39:11 וְתַעֲזֹ֖ב ve.ta.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

  8. Job 39:14 תַעֲזֹ֣ב ta.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, And warmeth them in the dust,

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