אָבַד

a.vad

Hebrew H0006 Verb 184 occurrences in 174 verses
אָבַד to perish

1. perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed

a. (Qal)

1. perish, die, be exterminated

2. perish, vanish (fig.)

3. be lost, strayed

b. (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

c. (Hiphil)

1. to destroy, put to death

a. of divine judgment

2. object name of kings (fig.)

Aramaic equivalent: a.vad (אֲבַד "to destroy" H0007)

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Concordance 174 verses

  1. Proverbs 28:28 וּ֝בְאָבְדָ֗ם

    When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.

  2. Proverbs 29:3 יְאַבֶּד־

    A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

  3. Proverbs 31:6 לְאוֹבֵ֑ד

    Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.

  4. Ecclesiastes 3:6 לְאַבֵּ֔ד

    a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

  5. Ecclesiastes 5:14 וְאָבַ֛ד

    or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.

  6. Ecclesiastes 7:7 וִֽיאַבֵּ֥ד

    Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

  7. Ecclesiastes 7:15 אֹבֵ֣ד

    In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

  8. Ecclesiastes 9:6 אָבָ֑דָה

    Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.

  9. Ecclesiastes 9:18 יְאַבֵּ֥ד

    Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

  10. Isaiah 26:14 וַתְּאַבֵּ֥ד

    The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.

  11. Isaiah 27:13 הָאֹֽבְדִים֙

    And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

  12. Isaiah 29:14 וְאָֽבְדָה֙

    Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”

  13. Isaiah 37:19 וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃

    They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

  14. Isaiah 41:11 וְיֹאבְד֖וּ

    Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.

  15. Isaiah 57:1 אָבָ֔ד

    The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.

  16. Isaiah 60:12 יֹאבֵ֑דוּ

    For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.

  17. Jeremiah 1:10 וּלְהַאֲבִ֣יד

    See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

  18. Jeremiah 4:9 יֹאבַ֥ד

    “In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”

  19. Jeremiah 6:21 יֹאבֵדוּ׃פ

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”

  20. Jeremiah 7:28 אָֽבְדָה֙

    Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.

  21. Jeremiah 9:12 אָבְדָ֣ה

    Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?

  22. Jeremiah 10:15 יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

    They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

  23. Jeremiah 12:17 וְאַבֵּ֖ד

    But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”

  24. Jeremiah 15:7 אִבַּ֙דְתִּי֙

    I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.

  25. Jeremiah 18:7 וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד׃

    At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.

  26. Jeremiah 18:18 תֹאבַ֨ד

    Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

  27. Jeremiah 23:1 מְאַבְּדִ֧ים

    “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

  28. Jeremiah 25:10 וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֣י

    Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

  29. Jeremiah 25:35 וְאָבַ֥ד

    Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.

  30. Jeremiah 27:10 וַאֲבַדְתֶּֽם׃

    For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.

  31. Jeremiah 27:15 וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֔ם

    For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

  32. Jeremiah 31:28 וּלְהַאֲבִ֣יד

    Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

  33. Jeremiah 40:15 וְאָבְדָ֖ה

    Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”

  34. Jeremiah 46:8 אֹבִ֥ידָה

    Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’

  35. Jeremiah 48:8 וְאָבַ֥ד

    The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.

  36. Jeremiah 48:36 אָבָֽדוּ׃

    Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.

  37. Jeremiah 48:46 אָבַ֖ד

    Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.

  38. Jeremiah 49:7 אָבְדָ֤ה

    Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

  39. Jeremiah 49:38 וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֥י

    I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.

  40. Jeremiah 50:6 אֹֽבְדוֹת֙

    My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

  41. Jeremiah 51:18 יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

    They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

  42. Jeremiah 51:55 וְאִבַּ֥ד

    For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.

  43. Lamentations 2:9 אִבַּ֥ד

    Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

  44. Lamentations 3:18 אָבַ֣ד

    So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”

  45. Ezekiel 6:3 וְאִבַּדְתִּ֖י

    You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

  46. Ezekiel 7:26 תֹּאבַ֣ד

    Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.

  47. Ezekiel 12:22 וְאָבַ֖ד

    “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?

  48. Ezekiel 19:5 אָבְדָ֖ה

    When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

  49. Ezekiel 22:27 לְאַבֵּ֣ד

    Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

  50. Ezekiel 25:7 וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֖יךָ

    therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’

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