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. Isaiah 17:9 כַּעֲזוּבַ֤ת ka.'a.zu.Vat · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.

  2. Isaiah 17:9 עָזְב֔וּ 'a.ze.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.

  3. Isaiah 18:6 יֵעָזְב֤וּ ye.'a.ze.Vu · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

  4. Isaiah 27:10 וְנֶעֱזָ֖ב ve.ne.'e.Zav · An -ing word: receiving the action

    For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

  5. Isaiah 32:14 עֻזָּ֑ב 'u.Zav · An action: strong action received, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

  6. Isaiah 41:17 אֶעֶזְבֵֽם׃ 'e.'ez.Vem · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

  7. Isaiah 42:16 עֲזַבְתִּֽים׃ 'a.zav.Tim · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.

  8. Isaiah 49:14 עֲזָבַ֣נִי 'a.za.Va.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.

  9. Isaiah 54:6 עֲזוּבָ֛ה 'a.zu.Vah · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    For Jehovah hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, saith thy God.

  10. Isaiah 54:7 עֲזַבְתִּ֑יךְ 'a.zav.Tikh · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

  11. Isaiah 55:7 יַעֲזֹ֤ב ya.'a.Zo · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  12. Isaiah 58:2 עָזָ֔ב 'a.Zav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

  13. Isaiah 60:15 עֲזוּבָ֥ה 'a.zu.Vah · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

  14. Isaiah 62:4 עֲזוּבָ֗ה 'a.zu.Vah · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

  15. Isaiah 62:12 נֶעֱזָֽבָה׃ ס ne.'e.Za.vah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah: and thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.

  16. Isaiah 65:11 עֹזְבֵ֣י 'o.ze.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    But ye that forsake Jehovah, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny;

  17. Jeremiah 1:16 עֲזָב֗וּנִי 'a.za.Vu.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

  18. Jeremiah 2:13 עָזְב֜וּ 'a.ze.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  19. Jeremiah 2:17 עָזְבֵךְ֙ 'a.ze.veKh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?

  20. Jeremiah 2:19 עָזְבֵ֖ךְ 'a.ze.Vekh · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

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