עָזַב

a.zav

Hebrew H5800 Verb 215 occurrences in 206 verses

עָזַב to leave: forsake

1. to leave, loose, forsake

a. (Qal) to leave

1. to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone

2. to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise

3. to let loose, set free, let go, free

b. (Niphal)

1. to be left to

2. to be forsaken

c. (Pual) to be deserted

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 206 verses

1 Kings 11:33 עֲזָב֗וּנִי

For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
1 Kings 12:8 וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
1 Kings 12:13 וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
1 Kings 14:10 וְעָז֖וּב

Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
1 Kings 18:18 בַּֽעֲזָבְכֶם֙

“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
1 Kings 19:10 עָזְב֤וּ

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
1 Kings 19:14 עָזְב֤וּ

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
1 Kings 19:20 וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב

So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
1 Kings 21:21 וְעָז֖וּב

This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
2 Kings 2:2 אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ

and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
2 Kings 2:4 אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
2 Kings 2:6 אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
2 Kings 4:30 אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ

And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
2 Kings 7:7 וַיַּעַזְב֣וּ

Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
2 Kings 8:6 עָזְבָ֥ה

When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”
2 Kings 9:8 וְעָז֖וּב

The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
2 Kings 14:26 עָז֔וּב

For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
2 Kings 17:16 וַיַּעַזְב֗וּ

They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
2 Kings 21:22 וַיַּעֲזֹ֕ב

He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
2 Kings 22:17 עֲזָב֗וּנִי

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
1 Chronicles 10:7 וַיַּעַזְב֤וּ

When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
1 Chronicles 14:12 וַיַּעַזְבוּ־

There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.
1 Chronicles 16:37 וַיַּֽעֲזָב־

So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,
1 Chronicles 28:9 תַּֽעַזְבֶ֖נּוּ

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
1 Chronicles 28:20 יַֽעַזְבֶ֔ךָּ

David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
2 Chronicles 7:19 וַעֲזַבְתֶּם֙

But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
2 Chronicles 7:22 עָֽזְב֜וּ

And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
2 Chronicles 10:8 וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
2 Chronicles 10:13 וַֽיַּעֲזֹב֙

And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
2 Chronicles 11:14 עָזְב֣וּ

For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 12:1 עָזַ֖ב

After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 12:5 עֲזַבְתֶּ֣םעָזַ֥בְתִּי

Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
2 Chronicles 13:10 עֲזַבְנֻ֑הוּ

But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.
2 Chronicles 13:11 עֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם

Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.
2 Chronicles 15:2 תַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּיַעֲזֹ֥ב

So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
2 Chronicles 21:10 עָזַ֔ב

So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 24:18 וַיַּֽעַזְב֗וּ

They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
2 Chronicles 24:20 עֲזַבְתֶּ֥םוַיַּֽעֲזֹ֥ב

Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
2 Chronicles 24:24 עָֽזְב֔וּ

Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.
2 Chronicles 24:25 עָזְב֣וּ

And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
2 Chronicles 28:6 בְּעָזְבָ֕ם

For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 28:14 וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב

So the armed men left the captives and the plunder before the leaders and all the assembly.
2 Chronicles 29:6 וַיַּֽעַזְבֻ֑הוּ

For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
2 Chronicles 32:31 עֲזָב֖וֹ

And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
2 Chronicles 34:25 עֲזָב֗וּנִי

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’
Ezra 8:22 עֹזְבָֽיו׃

For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”
Ezra 9:9 עֲזָבָ֖נוּ

Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
Ezra 9:10 עָזַ֖בְנוּ

And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
Nehemiah 3:8 וַיַּֽעַזְבוּ֙

Next to them, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs, and next to him, Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs. They fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
Nehemiah 4:2 הֲיַעַזְב֨וּ

before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”