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. Proverbs 2:13 הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים ha.'O.ze.vim · An -ing word: simple action

    Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

  2. Proverbs 2:17 הַ֭עֹזֶבֶת Ha.'o.ze.vet · An -ing word: simple action

    That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

  3. Proverbs 3:3 יַעַ֫זְבֻ֥ךָ ya.'Az.Vu.kha · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

  4. Proverbs 4:2 תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ ta.'a.Zou · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.

  5. Proverbs 4:6 תַּעַזְבֶ֥הָ ta.'az.Ve.ha · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

  6. Proverbs 9:6 עִזְב֣וּ 'iz.Vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

  7. Proverbs 10:17 וְעוֹזֵ֖ב ve.'o.Zev · An -ing word: simple action

    He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

  8. Proverbs 15:10 לְעֹזֵ֣ב le.'o.Zev · An -ing word: simple action

    There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; And he that hateth reproof shall die.

  9. Proverbs 27:10 תַּעֲזֹ֗ב ta.'a.Zo · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

  10. Proverbs 28:4 עֹזְבֵ֣י 'o.ze.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.

  11. Proverbs 28:13 וְעֹזֵ֣ב ve.'o.Zev · An -ing word: simple action

    He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

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