עָזַב (a.zav) means “to leave: forsake” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aw-zab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עָזַב · a.zav · to leave: forsake
1) to leave, loose, forsake 1a) (Qal) to leave 1a1) to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone 1a2) to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise 1a3) to let loose, set free, let go, free 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left to 1b2) to be forsaken 1c) (Pual) to be deserted
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עָזַב · a.zav · to restore
1) to restore, repair 1a) (Qal) to repair
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עָזַב · a.zav · to leave: release
1) to leave, loose, forsake 1a) (Qal) to leave 1a1) to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone 1a2) to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise 1a3) to let loose, set free, let go, free 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left to 1b2) to be forsaken 1c) (Pual) to be deserted
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עָזַב · a.zav · Forsaken
This name means to restore, repair Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)
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עָזַב · a.zav · to leave: neglect
1) to leave, loose, forsake 1a) (Qal) to leave 1a1) to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone 1a2) to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise 1a3) to let loose, set free, let go, free 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left to 1b2) to be forsaken 1c) (Pual) to be deserted
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a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV glosses: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| forsaken | 9 |
| forsake | 7 |
| abandon | 6 |
| forsake me | 6 |
| have forsaken | 6 |
| abandoned | 5 |
| leave | 5 |
| leave you | 5 |
| they abandoned | 5 |
| they have forsaken | 5 |
| forsake them | 4 |
| left | 4 |
| they have forsaken me | 4 |
| and free | 3 |
| forsake you | 3 |
| behind | 2 |
| but rehoboam rejected | 2 |
| deserted | 2 |
| has forsaken | 2 |
| have forsaken me | 2 |
| he left | 2 |
| leave us | 2 |
| neglect | 2 |
| the philistines abandoned | 2 |
| they have abandoned | 2 |
| those who forsake | 2 |
| thus they forsook | 2 |
| we have forsaken | 2 |
| will you leave | 2 |
| you forsake him | 2 |
| you have forsaken | 2 |
| abandon her | 1 |
| abandoned me | 1 |
| abandoning | 1 |
| and abandon | 1 |
| and abandoned | 1 |
| and change | 1 |
| and forsake | 1 |
| and forsaken | 1 |
| and i will abandon them | 1 |
| and leave | 1 |
| and leave them | 1 |
| and leave you | 1 |
| and renounces them | 1 |
| and those who forsake | 1 |
| are forsaken | 1 |
| be forsaken | 1 |
| be left | 1 |
| been neglected | 1 |
| but he who ignores | 1 |
| but leaving | 1 |
| by forsaking | 1 |
| can they restore the wall | 1 |
| deserts | 1 |
| did you forsake them | 1 |
| entrusts himself | 1 |
| even if he forsakes | 1 |
| ever leave | 1 |
| fails | 1 |
| for him who leaves | 1 |
| for they forsook | 1 |
| for you have forsaken | 1 |
| for you to forsake | 1 |
| forsake wisdom | 1 |
| forsaken him | 1 |
| forsaken me | 1 |
| forsaken us | 1 |
| forsaking me | 1 |
| forsook | 1 |
| free | 1 |
| from those who leave | 1 |
| give up | 1 |
| has failed within me | 1 |
| has forsaken him | 1 |
| has forsaken me | 1 |
| have you forsaken me | 1 |
| he abandoned | 1 |
| he had left | 1 |
| he has forsaken | 1 |
| he has left | 1 |
| he rejected | 1 |
| he will forsake | 1 |
| his riches will desert him | 1 |
| how you left | 1 |
| i forsook you | 1 |
| i have forsaken | 1 |
| i will express | 1 |
| i would abandon | 1 |
| if he were to leave | 1 |
| in forsaking him | 1 |
| is abandoned | 1 |
| jehoram had forsaken | 1 |
| judah had forsaken | 1 |
| leave them | 1 |
| leaving | 1 |
| left behind | 1 |
| left him | 1 |
| let us stop | 1 |
| nor forsake you | 1 |
| or free | 1 |
| rejected | 1 |
| she leaves | 1 |
| so david left | 1 |
| so elisha left | 1 |
| so potiphar left | 1 |
| so you abandoned them | 1 |
| that she left | 1 |
| they abandoned him | 1 |
| they abandoned me | 1 |
| they fortified | 1 |
| they have abandoned me | 1 |
| they left | 1 |
| they will forsake me | 1 |
| this happened because they had forsaken | 1 |
| to forsake | 1 |
| to leave you | 1 |
| to let it go | 1 |
| to neglect | 1 |
| we have abandoned | 1 |
| were left | 1 |
| who abandon you | 1 |
| who abandons | 1 |
| who deserts | 1 |
| who forsake | 1 |
| who forsake him | 1 |
| who reject | 1 |
| why have you forsaken us | 1 |
| will be abandoned | 1 |
| will be laid waste | 1 |
| will be left | 1 |
| will leave | 1 |
| withdrawn | 1 |
| withheld | 1 |
| you forsake | 1 |
| you left behind | 1 |
| you must help him | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| forsake | 14 |
| left | 9 |
| because they have forsaken | 7 |
| forsaken | 7 |
| leave | 6 |
| and left | 5 |
| hath forsaken | 5 |
| and forsook | 4 |
| have forsaken | 4 |
| i will not leave | 4 |
| and they left | 3 |
| thee nor forsake | 3 |
| and forsake | 2 |
| and forsaketh | 2 |
| and he left | 2 |
| and they forsook | 2 |
| because they forsook | 2 |
| because they had forsaken | 2 |
| because we have forsaken | 2 |
| but he forsook | 2 |
| faileth | 2 |
| that he left | 2 |
| they have forsaken | 2 |
| they that forsake | 2 |
| thou shalt leave | 2 |
| against all them that forsake | 1 |
| against thee both because we have forsaken | 1 |
| all that forsake | 1 |
| also shall be left | 1 |
| and forsookest | 1 |
| and have forsaken | 1 |
| and he forsook | 1 |
| and i will forsake | 1 |
| and leave | 1 |
| and shall leave | 1 |
| and there they left | 1 |
| and they fortified | 1 |
| and they that forsake | 1 |
| and we have not forsaken | 1 |
| and we will not forsake | 1 |
| and when they had left | 1 |
| and where will ye leave | 1 |
| and will not forsake | 1 |
| be as a forsaken | 1 |
| be forsaken | 1 |
| because he had forsaken | 1 |
| because that they have forsaken | 1 |
| because they have left off | 1 |
| because ye have forsaken | 1 |
| but he forsaketh | 1 |
| but he that refuseth | 1 |
| but i forsook | 1 |
| but ye have forsaken | 1 |
| committeth | 1 |
| for her and leave | 1 |
| for i will not leave | 1 |
| for thou wilt not leave | 1 |
| forsook | 1 |
| forsookest | 1 |
| from him for they left | 1 |
| hast not forsaken | 1 |
| hath not forsaken | 1 |
| have i forsaken | 1 |
| he hath also forsaken | 1 |
| he hath forsaken | 1 |
| he should leave | 1 |
| help | 1 |
| him he will forsake | 1 |
| him thou shalt surely | 1 |
| himself he forsook | 1 |
| i have forsaken | 1 |
| i pray you let us leave off | 1 |
| i will leave | 1 |
| i will leave off | 1 |
| if ye forsake | 1 |
| in that ye have forsaken | 1 |
| it and forsake | 1 |
| let him not leave | 1 |
| me not neither forsake | 1 |
| me not to leave | 1 |
| neither did they forsake | 1 |
| neither left | 1 |
| neither will he forsake | 1 |
| nor any left | 1 |
| not forsaken | 1 |
| not left | 1 |
| o forsake | 1 |
| of thee but if thou forsake | 1 |
| of you but if ye forsake | 1 |
| or left | 1 |
| or wilt thou leave | 1 |
| shall be forsaken | 1 |
| shall be left | 1 |
| shall leave | 1 |
| so he left | 1 |
| that are forsaken | 1 |
| that forsake | 1 |
| that he had left | 1 |
| that i might leave | 1 |
| that it shall leave | 1 |
| that leaveth | 1 |
| that she left | 1 |
| that thou hast forsaken | 1 |
| that we should forsake | 1 |
| thee neither forsake | 1 |
| thee therefore leftest | 1 |
| them and have forsaken | 1 |
| them and will forsake | 1 |
| them like as ye have forsaken | 1 |
| them nor forsake | 1 |
| then they forsook | 1 |
| they forsook | 1 |
| they left | 1 |
| they shall be left | 1 |
| this for we have forsaken | 1 |
| this unto thyself in that thou hast forsaken | 1 |
| thou hast been forsaken | 1 |
| thou hast left | 1 |
| thou shalt not forsake | 1 |
| to help | 1 |
| to thyself that thou forsake | 1 |
| unto him that forsaketh | 1 |
| unto them and not forsake | 1 |
| whereby thou hast forsaken | 1 |
| wherewith they have forsaken | 1 |
| which forsaketh | 1 |
| which leaveth | 1 |
| which they left | 1 |
| who hath not left destitute | 1 |
| who hath not left off | 1 |
| who have forsaken | 1 |
| who leave | 1 |
| whom ye have left | 1 |
| why hast thou forsaken | 1 |
| will not forsake | 1 |
| will not leave | 1 |
| will they fortify | 1 |
| with me and he left | 1 |
| with them that forsake | 1 |
| ye have forsaken | 1 |
| ye have left | 1 |
| ye have not left | 1 |
| yet ye have forsaken | 1 |
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For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Read word by wordsaying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
Read word by wordLook, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Read word by wordSo Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
Read word by wordShe grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
Read word by wordWhen she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
Read word by wordWhen he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
Read word by wordbut when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
Read word by wordSo we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
Read word by wordalong with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
Read word by word“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
Read word by wordbut those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.
Read word by wordIf you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
Read word by wordYou must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
Read word by wordWhen you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
Read word by wordFor the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
Read word by word“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
Read word by wordand be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
Read word by wordAnd do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
Read word by wordThe LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
Read word by wordAnd the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.24
Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Read word by wordThe LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
Read word by wordOn that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
Read word by wordFor the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
Read word by wordNo one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Read word by wordNot a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
Read word by wordAll this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.
Read word by wordThe people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
Read word by wordIf you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
Read word by wordThus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,
Read word by wordfor they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
Read word by wordI will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
Read word by wordAnd again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
Read word by wordThen the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
Read word by wordBut you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
Read word by wordBut Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
Read word by wordBoaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
Read word by wordRather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
Read word by wordThen Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
Read word by wordJust as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
Read word by wordThen they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’
Read word by wordThen David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
Read word by wordWhen the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
Read word by wordThere the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
Read word by wordThen the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.
Read word by wordAnd I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”
Read word by wordMay the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us.
Read word by wordAnd others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
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