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 they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
Read word by wordBut Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
Read word by wordAnd the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
Read word by wordBecause of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
Read word by word“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
Read word by word“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
Read word by word“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
Read word by wordSo Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
Read word by wordand Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
Read word by wordAnd Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
Read word by wordAnd Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
Read word by wordAnd the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
Read word by wordThus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
Read word by wordWhen the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”
Read word by wordThe whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
Read word by wordFor the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
Read word by wordThey abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
Read word by wordHe abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
Read word by wordbecause they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
Read word by wordWhen all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army 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 gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.
Read word by wordSo David left Asaph and his associates there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,
Read word by wordAs for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
Read word by wordDavid also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
Read word by wordBut if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
Read word by wordAnd others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
Read word by wordBut Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
Read word by wordAnd the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
Read word by wordFor the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
Read word by wordAfter Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
Read word by wordThen Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
Read word by wordBut as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.
Read word by wordEvery morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.
Read word by wordSo he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
Read word by wordSo to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his hand at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
Read word by wordThey abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
Read word by wordThen the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
Read word by wordAlthough the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.
Read word by wordAnd when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
Read word by wordFor in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Read word by wordSo the armed men left the captives and the plunder before the leaders and all the assembly.
Read word by wordFor our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
Read word by wordAnd so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
Read word by wordbecause they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’
Read word by wordFor I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”
Read word by wordThough we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAnd now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
Read word by wordNext to them, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. And next to him, Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs. They fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
Read word by wordbefore his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.34
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