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. Psalms 9:10 עָזַ֖בְתָּ 'a.Zav.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

  2. Psalms 10:14 יַעֲזֹ֣ב ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

  3. Psalms 16:10 תַעֲזֹ֣ב ta.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

  4. Psalms 22:1 עֲזַבְתָּ֑נִי 'a.zav.Ta.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

  5. Psalms 27:9 תַּֽ֝עַזְבֵ֗נִי ta.'az.Ve.ni · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

  6. Psalms 27:10 עֲזָב֑וּנִי 'a.za.Vu.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

  7. Psalms 37:8 וַעֲזֹ֣ב va.'a.Zo · A command to you: simple action

    Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

  8. Psalms 37:25 נֶעֱזָ֑ב ne.'e.Zav · An -ing word: receiving the action

    I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

  9. Psalms 37:28 יַעֲזֹ֣ב ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

  10. Psalms 37:33 יַעַזְבֶ֣נּוּ ya.'az.Ve.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.

  11. Psalms 38:10 עֲזָבַ֣נִי 'a.za.Va.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

  12. Psalms 38:21 תַּֽעַזְבֵ֥נִי ta.'az.Ve.ni · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

  13. Psalms 40:12 עֲזָבָֽנִי׃ 'a.za.Va.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

  14. Psalms 49:10 וְעָזְב֖וּ ve.'a.ze.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

  15. Psalms 71:9 תַּעַזְבֵֽנִי׃ ta.'az.Ve.ni · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

  16. Psalms 71:11 עֲזָב֑וֹ a.za.Vo · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.

  17. Psalms 71:18 תַּעַ֫זְבֵ֥נִי ta.'Az.Ve.ni · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

  18. Psalms 89:30 יַֽעַזְב֣וּ ya.'az.Vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

  19. Psalms 94:14 יַעֲזֹֽב׃ ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.

  20. Psalms 119:8 תַּעַזְבֵ֥נִי ta.'az.Ve.ni · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.

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