Hebrew word study
אָבַד H0006
- Transliteration
- ʼâbad
- Pronunciation
- aw-bad'
- KJV glosses
- 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.
Lexical summary
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself
by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself
by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information