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. Judges 2:12 וַיַּעַזְב֞וּ vai.ya.'az.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger.

  2. Judges 2:13 וַיַּעַזְב֖וּ vai.ya.'az.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

  3. Judges 2:21 עָזַ֥ב 'a.Zav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;

  4. Judges 10:6 וַיַּעַזְב֥וּ vai.ya.'az.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and served him not.

  5. Judges 10:10 עָזַ֙בְנוּ֙ 'a.Zav.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by us

    And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, saying, We have sinned against thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim.

  6. Judges 10:13 עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם 'a.zav.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will save you no more.

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