ʼăbad — H7

Definition

verb

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

1. to perish, vanish
1. (P'al) shall perish
2. (Aphel) destroy
3. (Hophal) be destroyed

Usually translated as

destroy, perish

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H6

• ʼâbad (H6)

Occurrences

ʼăbad occurs 7 times in 6 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (1), Daniel (5)

• Jeremiah 10:11 — Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish (יֵאבַ֧דוּ) from the earth, and from under these heavens.
• Daniel 2:12 — For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy (לְה֣וֹבָדָ֔ה) all the wise men of Babylon.
• Daniel 2:18 — That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish (יְהֹֽבְדוּן֙) with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
• Daniel 2:24 — Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy (לְהוֹבָדָ֖ה) the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
• Daniel 2:24 — Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy (תְּהוֹבֵ֔ד) not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
• Daniel 7:11 — I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed (וְהוּבַ֣ד), and given to the burning flame.
• Daniel 7:26 — But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy (וּלְהוֹבָדָ֖ה) it unto the end.