אֲבֵדָהʼăbêdâh
concrete, something lost; abstract, destruction, i.e. Hades
Pronunciation: ab-ay-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H9
Meanings
a lost thing (Deuteronomy 22:3; Exodus 22:8; Leviticus 5:22; Leviticus 5:23; Proverbs 27:20)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 22:9 “Suppose there is a dispute between two people who both claim to own a particular ox, donkey, sheep, article of clothing, or any lost property. Both parties must come before God, and the person whom God declares guilty must pay double compensation to the other.
- Leviticus 6:3 or you find lost property and lie about it, or you lie while swearing to tell the truth, or you commit any other such sin.
- Leviticus 6:4 If you have sinned in any of these ways, you are guilty. You must give back whatever you stole, or the money you took by extortion, or the security deposit, or the lost property you found,
- Deuteronomy 22:3 Do the same if you find your neighbor’s donkey, clothing, or anything else your neighbor loses. Don’t ignore your responsibility.
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).