Hebrew word study

אָבַדʼâbad — properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself

Pronounced “aw-bad'”

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

Translated in the King James as: break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, and surely, take, be undone, utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

Appears 182 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Exodus — 1×

Exodus 10:7

Leviticus — 2×

Leviticus 23:30 Leviticus 26:38

Numbers — 7×

Numbers 16:33 Numbers 17:12 Numbers 21:29 Numbers 21:30 Numbers 24:19 Numbers 33:52+ 1 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 23×

Deuteronomy 4:26 Deuteronomy 7:10 Deuteronomy 7:20 Deuteronomy 7:24 Deuteronomy 8:19 Deuteronomy 8:20 Deuteronomy 9:3 Deuteronomy 11:4 Deuteronomy 11:17 Deuteronomy 12:2 Deuteronomy 12:3 Deuteronomy 26:5 Deuteronomy 28:20 Deuteronomy 28:22 Deuteronomy 28:51 Deuteronomy 28:63 Deuteronomy 30:18 Deuteronomy 32:28+ 5 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 3×

Joshua 7:7 Joshua 23:13 Joshua 23:16

Judges — 1×

Judges 5:31

1 Samuel — 2×

1 Sam 9:3 1 Sam 9:20

2 Samuel — 1×

2 Sam 1:27

2 Kings — 7×

2 Ki 9:8 2 Ki 10:19 2 Ki 11:1 2 Ki 13:7 2 Ki 19:18 2 Ki 21:3 2 Ki 24:2

Esther — 13×

Esther 3:9 Esther 3:13 Esther 4:7 Esther 4:14 Esther 4:16 Esther 7:4 Esther 8:5 Esther 8:11 Esther 9:6 Esther 9:12 Esther 9:24+ 2 more in Esther

Job — 15×

Job 3:3 Job 4:7 Job 4:9 Job 4:11 Job 4:20 Job 6:18 Job 8:13 Job 11:20 Job 12:23 Job 14:19 Job 18:17 Job 20:7 Job 29:13 Job 30:2 Job 31:19

Psalms — 26×

Psalms 1:6 Psalms 2:12 Psalms 5:6 Psalms 9:3 Psalms 9:5 Psalms 9:6 Psalms 9:18 Psalms 10:16 Psalms 21:10 Psalms 31:12 Psalms 37:20 Psalms 41:5 Psalms 49:10 Psalms 68:2 Psalms 73:27 Psalms 80:16 Psalms 83:17 Psalms 92:9 Psalms 102:26 Psalms 112:10 Psalms 119:92 Psalms 119:95 Psalms 119:176 Psalms 142:4 Psalms 143:12+ 1 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 10×

Proverbs 1:32 Proverbs 10:28 Proverbs 11:7 Proverbs 11:10 Proverbs 19:9 Proverbs 21:28 Proverbs 28:28 Proverbs 29:3 Proverbs 31:6+ 1 more in Proverbs

Ecclesiastes — 6×

Eccles 3:6 Eccles 5:14 Eccles 7:7 Eccles 7:15 Eccles 9:6 Eccles 9:18

Isaiah — 7×

Isaiah 26:14 Isaiah 27:13 Isaiah 29:14 Isaiah 37:19 Isaiah 41:11 Isaiah 57:1 Isaiah 60:12

Jeremiah — 26×

Jeremiah 1:10 Jeremiah 4:9 Jeremiah 6:21 Jeremiah 7:28 Jeremiah 9:12 Jeremiah 10:15 Jeremiah 12:17 Jeremiah 15:7 Jeremiah 18:7 Jeremiah 18:18 Jeremiah 23:1 Jeremiah 25:10 Jeremiah 25:35 Jeremiah 27:10 Jeremiah 27:15 Jeremiah 31:28 Jeremiah 40:15 Jeremiah 46:8 Jeremiah 48:8 Jeremiah 48:36 Jeremiah 48:46 Jeremiah 49:7 Jeremiah 49:38 Jeremiah 50:6 Jeremiah 51:18+ 1 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 2:9 Lam 3:18

Ezekiel — 14×

Ezekiel 6:3 Ezekiel 7:26 Ezekiel 12:22 Ezekiel 19:5 Ezekiel 22:27 Ezekiel 25:7 Ezekiel 25:16 Ezekiel 26:17 Ezekiel 28:16 Ezekiel 30:13 Ezekiel 32:13 Ezekiel 34:4 Ezekiel 34:16 Ezekiel 37:11

Joel — 1×

Joel 1:11

Amos — 3×

Amos 1:8 Amos 2:14 Amos 3:15

Obadiah — 2×

Obadiah 1:8 Obadiah 1:12

Jonah — 4×

Jonah 1:6 Jonah 1:14 Jonah 3:9 Jonah 4:10

Micah — 3×

Micah 4:9 Micah 5:10 Micah 7:2

Zephaniah — 2×

Zeph 2:5 Zeph 2:13

Zechariah — 1×

Zech 9:5

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