Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H6: אָבַד (ʼâbad) Definition

Strong's number
H6
Lemma
אָבַד
Transliteration
ʼâbad
Pronunciation
aw-bad'
Strong's definition
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy) 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. a primitive root;

173 instances of the word אָבַד ʼâbad (H6)


  • Esther 4:7 - told And Mordecai him of all that had happened unto him and of the sum of the money had promised that Haman to pay treasuries to the king's for the Jews to destroy

  • Esther 4:14 - For if thou altogether For if thou altogether at this time then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews place from another house but thou and thy father's shall be destroyed and who knoweth at this time whether thou art come to the kingdom

  • Esther 4:16 - gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan and fast ye for me and neither eat nor drink three days night days I also and my maidens and fast likewise and so likewise and so will I go in unto the king which is not according to the law I perish I perish

  • Esther 7:4 - For we are sold I and my people to be destroyed to be slain and to perish But if for bondmen and bondwomen For we are sold I had held my tongue although the enemy could not countervail damage the king's

  • Esther 8:5 - And said the king If it please and if I have found favour before seem right and the thing before the king If it please in his eyes let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite let it be written to destroy the Jews provinces the king

  • Esther 8:11 - granted Wherein the king the Jews which were in every city which were in every city to gather themselves together and to stand for their life to destroy to slay and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them both little ones and women and to take the spoil of them for a prey

  • Esther 9:6 - And in Shushan the palace slew the Jews and destroyed five hundred men

  • Esther 9:12 - said And the king unto Esther the queen in Shushan the palace have slain The Jews and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman in the rest provinces And the king and it shall be done now what is thy petition and it shall be granted thee or what is thy request further and it shall be done

  • Esther 9:24 - Because Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite the enemy against the Jews had devised against the Jews them and to destroy them and had cast Pur that is the lot to consume them and to destroy

  • Exodus 10:7 - said servants And Pharaoh's unto him How long shall this man be a snare go that they may serve the LORD their God thou not yet knowest is destroyed that Egypt

  • Ezekiel 6:3 - And say Ye mountains of Israel hear the word of the Lord GOD And say of the Lord GOD Ye mountains and to the hills to the rivers and to the valleys Behold I even I will bring a sword upon you and I will destroy your high places

  • Ezekiel 7:26 - Mischief Mischief shall come and rumour and rumour then shall they seek a vision of the prophet but the law shall perish from the priest and counsel from the ancients

  • Ezekiel 12:22 - Son of man what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel saying are prolonged The days faileth and every vision

  • Ezekiel 19:5 - Now when she saw that she had waited was lost and her hope then she took another of her whelps him a young lion and made

  • Ezekiel 22:27 - Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood and to destroy souls to get dishonest gain

  • Ezekiel 25:7 - Behold therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee and will deliver to the heathen and I will cut thee off from the people and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries I will destroy thee and thou shalt know that I am the LORD

  • Ezekiel 25:16 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines and I will cut off the Cherethims and destroy the remnant coast of the sea

  • Ezekiel 26:17 - And they shall take up a lamentation for thee and say to thee How art thou destroyed she and her inhabitants in the sea city the renowned which wast strong in the sea she and her inhabitants which cause their terror she and her inhabitants

  • Ezekiel 28:16 - By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled from the midst of thee with violence and thou hast sinned therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God and I will destroy cherub thee O covering from the midst of the stones of fire

  • Ezekiel 30:13 - Thus saith the Lord GOD I will also destroy the idols to cease and I will cause their images out of Noph and there shall be no more a prince in the land of Egypt and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt