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 |
Page 3 of 5. 206 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
Read word by wordThey refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
Read word by wordYou in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
Read word by wordBut as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
Read word by wordBut in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
Read word by wordFor the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 10.40
So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,
Read word by wordA despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Read word by wordIf I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
Read word by word“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Read word by wordYou who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
Read word by wordthough he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
Read word by wordFor he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Read word by wordCan you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
Read word by wordFor she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
Read word by wordThose who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.11
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Read word by wordFor You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Read word by wordFor the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.2
Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Read word by wordThough my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
Read word by wordRefrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
Read word by wordI once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Read word by wordFor the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
Read word by wordthe LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.
Read word by wordMy heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 38.11
Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 38.22
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.13
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.11
Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Read word by wordsaying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
Read word by wordEven when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
Read word by wordIf his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.31
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
Read word by wordI will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
Read word by wordRage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
Read word by wordThey almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
Read word by wordfrom those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
Read word by wordwho abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
Read word by wordNever let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Read word by wordFor I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
Read word by wordDo not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
Read word by wordLeave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Read word by wordWhoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
Read word by wordDiscipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
Read word by wordDo not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Read word by wordThose who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
Read word by wordHe who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Read word by wordAlas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
Read word by wordBut rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
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