H6 — אָבַד

1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: a.vad (אֲבַד "to destroy" H0007)

1) to perish, vanish 1a) (P'al) shall perish 1b) (Aphel) destroy 1c) (Hophal) be destroyed

H6. abad אָבַד ‎ verb perish (MI אבד ‎, Assyrian abâtu Dl W 184 Aramaic אֲבַד ‎, ). — Qal Perfect ׳א ‎ Num 21:30 +; אָֽבְדוּ ‎ Psa 10:16 + (+ Ezek 6:3 ᵐ5 ‎ Co) etc.; Imperfect יאֹבַד ‎ Job 3:3 ; Jer 4:9 ; יאֹבֵ֑דּ ‎ Job 20:7 2 t.; 3 feminine singular תּאֹבַד ‎ Deut 22:3-4 t.; תּאֹבֵ֑ד ‎ Job 8:13 3 t.; יאֹבְדוּ ‎ Judg 5:31 3 t.; יאֹבֵ֑דוּ ‎ Job 4:9 +; 3 feminine plural וַתּאֹבַדְנָה ‎ 1Sam 9:3 ; תּאֹבֵדוּן ‎ Deut 4:26 +; נאֹבֵ֑ד ‎ Jonah 1:6 ; 3:9 ; נאֹבְדָה ‎ 1:14 , etc.; Infinitive absolute אָבדֹ ‎ Deut 4:26 2 t.; construct אֲבדֹ ‎ 7:20 ; Prov 11:10 ; אֲבָדְךָ ‎ Deut 28:20 ; אָבְדֶ֑ךָ ‎ 28:22 ; אֲבָדְכֶם ‎ Josh 23:13 ; אָבְדָם ‎ Obadiah 12; Prov 28:28 ; Participle אוֺבֵד ‎ Deut 26:5 + 7:t.; construct אֹבַד ‎ 32:28 (before ע ‎ ? see Di. Bö § 378 ); etc. 1 perish, die , of individuals (mostly late) Numbers 17:27 (|| נוע ‎ & (v.Numbers 17:28) מות ‎, (also Deut 26:5 ? compare below) Jonah 1:6 , 14 ; Job 31:19 ; compare 29:13 ; Prov 31:6 ; Est 4:14 , 16 (twice in verse); Micah 4:9 ; Jer 40:15 compare Isa 57:1 ; Prov 11:10 ; 28:28 ; Eccl 7:15 ; Psa 119:92 ; emphasis on mortality Job 4:20 ; Psa 146:4 ; Eccl 9:6 ; Saul & Jonathan, under figure of weapons 2Sam 1:27 ; lion Job 4:11 ; caravan 6:18 (compare Di); compare ׳א חָסִיד מִןהָֿאָרֶץ ‎ Micah 7:2 , ׳וא מֵעַזָּה מֶלֶח ‎ Zech 9:5 ; perish, be exterminated (judgment for sin), of Israel Lev 26:38 ; Deut 8:19 (twice in verse); 8:20 ; 28:20 ; Deuteronomy 20:22; 30:18 (twice in verse); Jer 27:10 , 15 ; compare 6:21 ; Obadiah 12; compare Psa 80:17 ; Isa 27:13 ; other nations Deut 7:20 ; Jer 10:15 ; 51:18 ; Psa 2:12 ; 10:16 ; 83:18 ; compare 9:4 ; Amos 1:8 ; Isa 41:11 ; 60:12 compare Jonah 3:9 see also Exod 10:7 ; Num 21:29-30 , (JE) Jer 48:46 ; house of Ahab 2Kin 9:8 ; wicked in General Judg 5:31 ; Job 4:9 compare 4:7 , Psa 37:20 ; 49:11 ; 68:3 (|| simile of melting wax), 73:27 ; 92:10 ; also Prov 19:9 ; 21:18 ; א ׳לָנֶצַח ‎ Job 20:7 ; compare א רְשָׁעִים ׳דֶּרֶח ‎ Psa 1:6 ; followed by הָאָ֑רֶץ מֵעַל ‎ (of annihilation of Israel) Deut 4:26 (twice in verse); 11:17 ; Josh 23:13 , 16 (D); followed by הַקָּהָל מִתּוֺח ‎ (of Korah's company) Num 16:33 (JE); perish, be ruined, destroyed , of inanimate things, e.g. land Jer 9:11 (|| כַמִּדְבָּר נִצְּתָה ‎ compare 48:8 ; harvest Joel 1:11 ; Jonah's gourd Jonah 4:10 ; riches Jer 48:36 ; Eccl 5:13 ; vessel Psa 31:13 ; houses Amos 3:15 (so often Assyrian Dl w ); city Ezek 26:17 (but strike out ᵐ5 ‎ Co); compare bamôth 6:3 ᵐ5 ‎ Co; heavens & earth Psa 102:27 . 2 figurative perish, vanish , subject memory Job 18:17 ; Psa 9:7 ; name 41:6 (i.e. be forgotten); vigour Job 30:2 ; wisdom Isa 29:14 ; compare עֵצוֺת אֹבַד ‎ Deut 32:28 ; אֱמוּנָה ‎ Jer 7:28 (|| נִכְרְתָה ‎); חָזוֺן ‎ Ezek 12:22 ; יוֺם ‎ Job 3:3 (i.e. be blotted out); לֵב ‎ Jer 4:9 (i.e. courage fail); תִּקְוָה ‎ Psa 9:19 ; Prov 10:28 ; 11:7 ; Ezek 19:5 ; 37:11 ; Job 8:13 ; so תַּאֲוָה ‎ Psa 112:10 (i.e. comes to naught); תּוֺחֶלֶת ‎ Prov 11:7 , followed by מִן ‎ + agent Lam 3:18 ; עֵצָה ‎ + תּוֺרָה ‎ followed by מן ‎ + persons negligent Jer 18:18 ; Ezek 7:26 , compare Jer 49:7 ; especially ׳א מִןֿ מָנוֺס ‎ (i.e. they could not escape) Amos 2:14 ; Jer 25:35 ; Job 11:20 ; Psa 142:5 . 3 be lost, strayed , asses 1Sam 9:3 , 20 ; sheep Jer 50:6 ; Ezek 34:4 , 16 ; Psa 119:176 (figurative of erring men); perhaps Deut 26:5 . Pi`el causative of Qal. — Perfect אִבַּד ‎ 2Kin 21:3 2 t.; suffix וְאִבֶּדְךָ ‎ Co Ezek 28:16 compare below; אִבַּדְתִּי ‎ Jer 15:7 ; וְאִבַּדְתִּ֫י ‎ Ezek 6:3 ( ᵐ5 ‎ Co וְאָֽבְּדוּ ‎) etc.; Imperfect יְאַבֵּד ‎ Eccl 9:18 ; וִיאַבֵּד ‎ 7:7 ; Zeph 2:13 ; 1 singular suffix וָאַבֶּדְךָ ‎ Ezek 28:16 (for ׳וָאֲאַבּ ‎ Ew § 72 c Ol § 79 a Kö I:338 Ges § 68 fin; but Co 3 masculine singular; see also Co 38:14 ); תְּאַבְּדוּן ‎ Deut 12:2 etc.; Infinitive absolute אַבֵּד ‎ 12:2-3 t.; construct id. Ezek 22:27 + etc.; Participle מְאַבְּדִים ‎ Jer 23:1 . 1 cause to perish, destroy, kill , object person (mostly late) 2Kin 11:1 ; Est 3:9 ; 4:7 ; 8:5 ; 9:24 ; || הרג ‎ 9:6 , 12 ; || הרג ‎ + השׁמיד ‎ 3:13 ; 7:4 ; 8:11 ; || המם ‎ 9:24 ; compare Psa 119:95 ; object נְפָשׁוֺת ‎ Ezek 22:17 (strike out ᵐ5 ‎ Co); in judgment, subject ׳י ‎ Psa 5:7 ; compare Prov 1:32 ; followed by מִתּוֺח ‎ Ezek 28:16 ; object a people 2Kin 13:7 ; 19:18 = Isa 37:19 ; Job 12:13 ; in judgment Deut 11:4 ; Jer 12:17 ; 15:7 ; Zeph 2:13 ; Psa 9:6 ; compare 21:11 ; object inanimate things especially idols, bamôth etc., Num 33:52 (twice in verse); (J) Deut 12:2 (twice in verse); 2Kin 21:3 ; Ezek 6:3 (but compare ᵐ5 ‎ Co above); bars of Zion Lam 2:9 (|| שִׁבַּר ‎). 2 figurative cause to vanish, blot out, do away with names of idols Deut 12:3 ; voice of Babylon Jer 51:55 ; memory of dead Isa 26:14 ; substance Prov 29:3 ; understanding Eccl 7:7 ; good ( טוֺבָה ‎ q. v.) 9:18 . 3 cause to stray, lose ; object Israel under figure of flock Jer 23:1 (|| הֵפִיץ ‎); absolute Eccl 3:6 (|| בִּקֵּשׁ ‎). Hiph`il Perfect וְהֶאֱבִּיד ‎ Num 24:19 ; הֶאֱבַ֑דְתָּ ‎ Job 14:19 etc.; Imperfect אֹבִידָה ‎ Jer 46:8 (Ges § 68 , 2 R. 1). Infinitive construct הַאֲבִיד ‎ 2Kin 10:19 + etc.; Participle מַאֲבִיד ‎ Deut 8:20 . 1 destroy, put to death , in judgment, (subject ׳י ‎) object person Lev 23:30 (followed by עַמָּהּ מִקֶּרֶב ‎; || כָּרַת ‎ 23:29 ); Jer 49:38 (followed by מִשָּׁם ‎); Obadiah 8 (followed by מֵאֱדוֺם ‎); object nation, Ammon Ezek 25:7 (followed by מןהֿארצות ‎; || כָּרַת ‎), compare 25:16 ; Canaanites Deut 8:20 (followed by מִמְּנֵיכֶם ‎); Canaan = Philistines Zeph 2:5 (|| כָּרַת ‎); especially Israel Deut 28:51 , 63 (|| הִשְׁמִיד ‎), compare Josh 7:7 ; also absolute Jer 18:7 (|| וְלִנְתוֺץ לִנְתוֺשׁ ‎); = 1:10 (+ וְלַהֲרוֺס ‎) = 31:28 (+ וּלְהָרֵעַ ‎); animals Ezek 32:13 (followed by רַבִּים מַיִם מֵעַל ‎); compare Deut 7:10 ; Psa 143:12 (|| הִצְמִית ‎); (human subject), object servants of Baal 2Kin 10:19 , object nation Deut 9:3 , compare Num 24:19 (E; followed by מֵעִיר ‎); 2Kin 24:2 ; compare Jer 46:8 ; object inanimate, chariots Micah 5:9 ; idols Ezek 30:13 (strike out B Co). 2 figurative, object name of kings Deut 7:24 (followed by הַשָּׁמַיִם מִתַּחַת ‎); hope Job 14:19 ; voice of mirth etc. Jer 25:10 (compare 51:55 Pi`el above) [ אֲבַד ‎] verb perish (Biblical Hebrew); — Pe`al mpl. 3masculine plural יֵאבַ֫דוּ ‎ (not וּן ‎+? § 26, 1 ) Jer 10:11 they shall persish , pass away. Haph`el (Old Aramaic האבד ‎ Lzb 205 Cooke 189 ) destoy: Imperfect 2masculine singular אַלתְּֿהוֺבֵד ‎ (K § 41 c ) Dan 2:24 (c. ל ‎ person); 3 masculine plural יְהוֺבְדוּן ‎ 2:18 (indefinite subject; accusative of person); Infinitive לְהוֺבָדָא ‎ 2:12 ; 2:24 (both with ל ‎ person), דָה ‎- 7:26 (absolute). Hoph`al (K § 41 c W CG 225 ) be destroyed: Perfect 3masculine singular הוּבַד ‎ Dan 7:11 . אבה ‎ (assumed as √ of following).