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. Joshua 1:5 אֶעֶזְבֶֽךָּ׃ 'e.'ez.Ve.ka · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

  2. Joshua 8:17 וַיַּעַזְב֤וּ vai.ya.'az.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

  3. Joshua 22:3 עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם 'a.zav.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God.

  4. Joshua 24:16 מֵעֲזֹ֖ב me.'a.Zo · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

  5. Joshua 24:20 תַֽעַזְבוּ֙ ta.'az.Vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

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