0006 – אָבַד (avad)

to perish

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	אָבַד (avad)
Pronunciation:	a-vad    Listen
Gematria:	7(1 + 2 + 4)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	184 times in OT

Description

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.)

Synonyms

אָבַד	avad		H0006	(184 ggr)	to perish
גָּוַע	gava		H1478	(24 ggr)	to die
מוּת	mot		H4191	(840 ggr)	to die

אָבַד	avad		H0006	(184 ggr)	to perish
אָלַח	alach		H0444	(3 ggr)	to corrupt
בָּלַק	balaq		H1110	(2 ggr)	to waste
חָרַם	charam		H2763a	(51 ggr)	to devote/destroy
כָּחַד	kachad		H3582	(32 ggr)	to hide
סָעַף	saaf		H5586	(1 ggr)	to lop
פּוּר	por		H6331	(3 ggr)	to break
שָׁדַד	shadad		H7703	(57 ggr)	to ruin
שָׁחַת	shachat		H7843	(146 ggr)	to ruin
שָׁמַד	shamad		H8045	(90 ggr)	to destroy
שָׁסָה	shasah		H8154	(11 ggr)	to plunder
שָׁסַס	shasas		H8155	(6 ggr)	to plunder

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with avad as root:

אֲבֵדָה	avedah	H0009	something lost
אֲבַדּוֹן	avaddon	H0011	Abaddon
אַבְדָ֑ן	avdan	H0012	destruction
אׇבְדַן	ovdan	H0013	destruction

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word avad was translated to the following:

λύπη

lupe

G3077

sorrow

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