ʼăbêdâh — H9

Definition

feminine noun

concrete, something lost; abstract, destruction, i.e. Hades

1. a lost thing, something lost

Usually translated as

lost

Origin

from H6; Compare H10.

• ʼâbad (H6)
• ʼăbaddôh (H10)

Occurrences

ʼăbêdâh occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Leviticus (2), Deuteronomy (1)

• Exodus 22:9 — For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing (אֲבֵדָ֗ה), which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
• Leviticus 6:3 — Or have found that which was lost (אֲבֵדָ֛ה), and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
• Leviticus 6:4 — Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing (הָאֲבֵדָ֖ה) which he found,
• Deuteronomy 22:3 — In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing (אֲבֵדַ֥ת) of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.