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. Ruth 1:16 לְעָזְבֵ֖ךְ le.'a.ze.Vekh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;

  2. Ruth 2:11 וַתַּֽעַזְבִ֞י va.ta.'az.Vi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by you

    And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore.

  3. Ruth 2:16 וַעֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם va.'a.zav.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.

  4. Ruth 2:20 עָזַ֣ב 'a.Zav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is nigh of kin unto us, one of our near kinsmen.

  5. 1 Samuel 8:8 וַיַּ֣עַזְבֻ֔נִי vai.Ya.'az.Vu.ni · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

  6. 1 Samuel 12:10 עָזַ֙בְנוּ֙ 'a.Zav.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by us

    And they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baalim and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

  7. 1 Samuel 30:13 וַיַּעַזְבֵ֧נִי vai.ya.'az.Ve.ni · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

  8. 1 Samuel 31:7 וַיַּעַזְב֤וּ vai.ya.'az.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  9. 2 Samuel 5:21 וַיַּעַזְבוּ־ vai.ya.'az.vu- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

  10. 2 Samuel 15:16 וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב vai.ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house.

  11. 1 Kings 6:13 אֶעֱזֹ֖ב 'e.'e.Zo · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

  12. 1 Kings 8:57 יַעַזְבֵ֖נוּ ya.'az.Ve.nu · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;

  13. 1 Kings 9:9 עָזְב֜וּ 'a.ze.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    and they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath Jehovah brought all this evil upon them.

  14. 1 Kings 11:33 עֲזָב֗וּנִי 'a.za.Vu.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and mine ordinances, as did David his father.

  15. 1 Kings 12:8 וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב vai.ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

  16. 1 Kings 12:13 וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב vai.ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

  17. 1 Kings 14:10 וְעָז֖וּב ve.'a.Zuv · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone.

  18. 1 Kings 18:18 בַּֽעֲזָבְכֶם֙ ba.'a.za.ve.Khem · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baalim.

  19. 1 Kings 19:10 עָזְב֤וּ 'a.ze.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

  20. 1 Kings 19:14 עָזְב֤וּ 'a.ze.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

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