Strong's H6 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אָבַד (ʼâbad)

Pronunciation: aw-bad'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root

Definition: properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

KJV Renderings: break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee

Senses

1. perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed
   1. (Qal)
      1. perish, die, be exterminated
      2. perish, vanish (fig.)
      3. be lost, strayed
   2. (Piel)
      1. to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate
      2. to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.)
      3. cause to stray, lose
   3. (Hiphil)
      1. to destroy, put to death
         1. of divine judgment
      2. object name of kings (fig.)

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