עָזַבʻâzab
עָזַב: leave, forsake, loose
Pronunciation: aw-zab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5800
Meanings
Qal: construct, active (Genesis 24:27; Isaiah 49:14; Psalms 38:11)
1. leave
a. depart from (Genesis 44:22; 2 Kings 2:2; 2 Kings 2:4)
b. leave behind (Exodus 2:20; 2 Samuel 15:16; Ezekiel 24:21)
c. leave (1 Chronicles 16:37; 2 Chronicles 28:14)
d. leave in safety (Isaiah 10:3)
e. leave, they left him in (2 Chronicles 24:25; Ezekiel 23:29; Joshua 8:17)
f. leave undisturbed, let alone (Ruth 2:16)
g. leave, he hath not left his kindness and his faithfulness from (Genesis 24:27; Ruth 2:20; Psalms 37:8)
h. leave, his cause (Genesis 39:6; Job 39:11; Psalms 10:14)
i. leave, thou shalt refrain from leaving (Exodus 23:5; Job 39:14)
j. leave over, remaining (Joshua 2:21; Leviticus 19:10; Leviticus 23:22)
k. leave (Proverbs 9:6)
2. leave, abandon, forsake
a. abandon, deserted region (1 Samuel 31:7; 1 Chronicles 10:7; 2 Kings 7:7)
b. forsake (Genesis 2:24; 1 Samuel 30:13; Joshua 22:3)
d. forsaking, forsake (Judges 10:10; Deuteronomy 28:20; Deuteronomy 31:16)
e. forsaking, abandoning, thou wilt not abandon my soul (Deuteronomy 31:17; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 49:14)
f. leaving (Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9)
g. forsaking (Psalms 38:11; Psalms 40:13; Proverbs 3:3)
3. let loose, set free, let go (Exodus 23:5; Deuteronomy 22:4; Deuteronomy 32:36)
Niph`al
1. be left to, (לְ), i.e. to the possession of (Isaiah 18:6)
2. be forsaken (Nehemiah 13:11; Ezekiel 36:4; Isaiah 27:10)
Pu`al: be deserted (Isaiah 32:14; Jeremiah 49:25)
עָזַב: restore, repair (?)
Qal: and they repaired, paved (Nehemiah 3:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 215 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 2:24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
- Genesis 24:27 “Praise the Lord, the God of my master, Abraham,” he said. “The Lord has shown unfailing love and faithfulness to my master, for he has led me straight to my master’s relatives.”
- Genesis 28:15 What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”
- Genesis 39:6 So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn’t worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat! Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man,
- Genesis 39:12 She came and grabbed him by his cloak, demanding, “Come on, sleep with me!” Joseph tore himself away, but he left his cloak in her hand as he ran from the house.
- Genesis 39:13 When she saw that she was holding his cloak and he had fled,
See every passage
- Genesis 2:24, 24:27, 28:15, 39:6, 39:12, 39:13, 39:15, 39:18, 44:22, 50:8
- Exodus 2:20, 9:21, 23:5
- Leviticus 19:10, 23:22, 26:43
- Numbers 10:31
- Deuteronomy 12:19, 14:27, 28:20, 29:25, 31:6, 31:8, 31:16, 31:17, 32:36
- Joshua 1:5, 8:17, 22:3, 24:16, 24:20
- Judges 2:12, 2:13, 2:21, 10:6, 10:10, 10:13
- Ruth 1:16, 2:11, 2:16, 2:20
- 1 Samuel 8:8, 12:10, 30:13, 31:7
- 2 Samuel 5:21, 15:16
- 1 Kings 6:13, 8:57, 9:9, 11:33, 12:8, 12:13, 14:10, 18:18, 19:10, 19:14, 19:20, 21:21
- 2 Kings 2:2, 2:4, 2:6, 4:30, 7:7, 8:6, 9:8, 14:26, 17:16, 21:22, 22:17
- 1 Chronicles 10:7, 14:12, 16:37, 28:9, 28:20
- 2 Chronicles 7:19, 7:22, 10:8, 10:13, 11:14, 12:1, 12:5, 13:10, 13:11, 15:2, 21:10, 24:18, 24:20, 24:24, 24:25, 28:6, 28:14, 29:6, 32:31, 34:25
- Ezra 8:22, 9:9, 9:10
- Nehemiah 3:8, 4:2, 5:10, 9:17, 9:19, 9:28, 9:31, 10:39, 13:11
- Job 6:14, 9:27, 10:1, 18:4, 20:13, 20:19, 39:11, 39:14
- Psalms 9:10, 10:14, 16:10, 22:1, 27:9, 27:10, 37:8, 37:25, 37:28, 37:33, 38:10, 38:21, 40:12, 49:10, 71:9, 71:11, 71:18, 89:30, 94:14, 119:8, 119:53, 119:87
- Proverbs 2:13, 2:17, 3:3, 4:2, 4:6, 9:6, 10:17, 15:10, 27:10, 28:4, 28:13
- Isaiah 1:4, 1:28, 7:16, 10:3, 10:14, 17:2, 17:9, 18:6, 27:10, 32:14, 41:17, 42:16, 49:14, 54:6, 54:7, 55:7, 58:2, 60:15, 62:4, 62:12, 65:11
- Jeremiah 1:16, 2:13, 2:17, 2:19, 4:29, 5:7, 5:19, 9:2, 9:13, 9:19, 12:7, 14:5, 16:11, 17:11, 17:13, 18:14, 19:4, 22:9, 25:38, 48:28, 49:11, 49:25, 51:9
- Lamentations 5:20
- Ezekiel 8:12, 9:9, 20:8, 23:8, 23:29, 24:21, 36:4
- Daniel 11:30
- Hosea 4:10
- Jonah 2:8
- Zephaniah 2:4
- Zechariah 11:17
- Malachi 4:1
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).