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

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Ezekiel 25:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
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Ezekiel 26:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!
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Ezekiel 28:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
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Ezekiel 30:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.
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Ezekiel 32:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.
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Ezekiel 34:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
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Ezekiel 34:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
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Ezekiel 37:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
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Joel 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
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Amos 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.
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Amos 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
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Amos 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
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Obadiah 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
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Obadiah 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
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Jonah 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
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Jonah 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
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Jonah 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
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Jonah 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
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Micah 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
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Micah 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
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Source alternate reference: 5.9
Micah 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
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Zephaniah 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
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Zephaniah 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
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Zechariah 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
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