a.vad H6

אָבַד (a.vad) means “to perish” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אָבַד Hebrew · H6 184 tagged occurrences in 174 verses

Pronunciation guide: aw-bad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0006

אָבַד · a.vad · to perish

1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: a.vad (אֲבַד "to destroy" H0007)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

KJV glosses: break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

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How translators render H6

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
will perish	16
perish	12
has perished	6
and destroy	5
destroy	5
to destroy	4
and destroyed	3
have perished	3
i will destroy	3
lost	3
perishes	3
they perish	3
and annihilate	2
and destroyed them	2
and perish	2
and you will perish	2
i perish	2
perished	2
the lost	2
they will perish	2
to annihilate	2
to destroy them	2
you perish	2
you will perish	2
you will surely perish	2
and annihilate them	1
and annihilation	1
and be forgotten	1
and destroy it	1
and destroy them	1
and destroying	1
and destroys them	1
and exterminate you	1
and i banished you	1
and i will destroy	1
and perished	1
and they vanished	1
and those who were perishing	1
and will perish	1
and wipe out	1
and wreck	1
and you perish	1
and you will soon perish	1
and you will wipe out	1
be lost	1
but when they perish	1
corrupts	1
dashed	1
destroy completely	1
destroyed	1
destroyed them completely	1
destroys	1
devoid	1
fails	1
had destroyed	1
had destroyed them	1
had left them	1
has destroyed	1
has ever perished	1
has vanished	1
he has destroyed	1
he will perish	1
he will silence	1
i will destroy you	1
i will slaughter	1
i would have perished	1
in order to destroy	1
is destroyed	1
let us perish	1
lies in ruins	1
like a broken	1
like a lost	1
may they perish	1
moreover i will banish	1
of their destruction	1
one perish	1
perishing	1
so you destroy	1
squanders	1
the dying man	1
there is no	1
there will cease to be	1
they have caused you to perish	1
to be destroyed	1
to count as lost	1
to one who is perishing	1
vanished	1
vanishes	1
wandered off	1
was a wandering	1
was lost	1
we are lost	1
we may not perish	1
who destroy	1
will also be ruined	1
will also perish	1
will destroy them	1
will elude them	1
will evade	1
will fail	1
will lose	1
will vanish	1
with destruction	1
would perish	1
you are destroyed	1
you destroy	1
you have destroyed	1
you have perished	1
you have wiped out	1
you lost	1
you will wipe	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
shall perish	19
perish	13
and destroy	7
to destroy	7
is perished	6
perished	5
perisheth	5
and destroyed	4
and perish	3
and to destroy	3
destroyeth	3
they perish	3
they shall perish	3
and to cause to perish	2
are perished	2
had destroyed	2
i will destroy	2
that which was lost	2
that ye shall surely	2
therefore they have destroyed	2
against you and ye shall perish	1
also shall perish	1
and destroyeth	1
and i will cause thee to perish	1
and i will destroy	1
and if i perish	1
and perished	1
and shall destroy	1
and that ye might perish	1
and they shall not escape	1
and thou destroyest	1
and thou shalt destroy	1
and to perish	1
and until thou perish	1
and will destroy	1
and ye perish	1
and ye shall perish	1
and ye should perish	1
any perish	1
destroy	1
even destroy	1
failed	1
faileth	1
for me to destroy	1
from thee shall perish	1
hath been lost	1
hath destroyed	1
he hath destroyed	1
he shall perish	1
i am like a broken	1
i perish	1
i should then have perished	1
i will also destroy	1
i will even destroy	1
is destroyed	1
is lost	1
like a lost	1
moreover i will take	1
of children i will destroy	1
of him that was ready to perish	1
of thee and i will destroy	1
of their destruction	1
over you to destroy	1
ready to perish	1
shall be destroyed	1
shall destroy	1
shall not perish	1
shalt thou destroy	1
so shall ye perish	1
spendeth	1
that destroy	1
that perisheth	1
that they may be destroyed	1
that we perish	1
that were lost	1
thee be destroyed	1
thee shall perish	1
thee until thou perish	1
them and to destroy	1
themselves but when they perish	1
thou art undone	1
thou hast destroyed	1
thou shalt destroy	1
to flee	1
to lose	1
to perish	1
to the intent that he might destroy	1
to thee how art thou destroyed	1
until he have destroyed	1
until ye perish	1
unto him that is ready to perish	1
upon them and they perished	1
upon us that we perish	1
upon you and i will destroy	1
utterly	1
void	1
was lost	1
was perished	1
we all perish	1
we beseech thee let us not perish	1
we perish	1
were lost	1
which he hath lost	1
which were ready to perish	1
will i destroy	1
with thee shall perish	1
ye perish	1
ye shall utterly	1
you and destroy	1

Verses containing H6

Page 2 of 4. 174 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Esther 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
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Esther 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
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Esther 9:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
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Job 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
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Job 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
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Job 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
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Job 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
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Job 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
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Job 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
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Job 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
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Job 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
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Job 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
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Job 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
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Job 18:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
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Job 20:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
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Job 29:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
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Job 30:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?
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Job 31:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
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Psalms 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
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Psalms 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
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Psalms 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
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Source alternate reference: 5.7
Psalms 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
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Source alternate reference: 9.4
Psalms 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
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Source alternate reference: 9.6
Psalms 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
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Source alternate reference: 9.7
Psalms 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
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Source alternate reference: 9.19
Psalms 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
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Psalms 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
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Source alternate reference: 21.11
Psalms 31:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
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Source alternate reference: 31.13
Psalms 37:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
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Psalms 41:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
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Source alternate reference: 41.6
Psalms 49:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
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Source alternate reference: 49.11
Psalms 68:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
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Source alternate reference: 68.3
Psalms 73:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
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Psalms 80:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
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Source alternate reference: 80.17
Psalms 83:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
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Source alternate reference: 83.18
Psalms 92:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
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Source alternate reference: 92.10
Psalms 102:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
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Source alternate reference: 102.27
Psalms 112:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
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Psalms 119:92 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
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Psalms 119:95 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
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Psalms 119:176 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
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Psalms 142:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
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Source alternate reference: 142.5
Psalms 143:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
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Psalms 146:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
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Proverbs 1:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
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Proverbs 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
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Proverbs 11:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
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Proverbs 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
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Proverbs 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
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Proverbs 21:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
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