Hebrew word

ʼâbad

aw-bad'

אָבַד

What it means

properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

perish53
destroy36
perished14
destroyed13
lost9
perisheth5
destroyeth4
utterly2

Every place it appears 149

Leviticus23:30 26:38

Numbers16:33 17:12 21:29 21:30 24:19 33:52

Deuteronomy4:26 7:10 7:24 8:19 8:20 9:3 11:4 11:17 12:2 12:3 22:3 26:5 28:20 28:63 30:18 32:28

Joshua7:7 23:13 23:16

Judges5:31

1 Samuel9:3 9:20

2 Samuel1:27

2 Kings9:8 10:19 11:1 13:7 19:18 21:3 24:2

Esther3:9 3:13 4:14 4:16 7:4 8:5 8:11 9:6 9:12 9:24

Job3:3 4:7 4:9 4:11 4:20 11:20 12:23 14:19 18:17 20:7 29:13 31:19

Psalms2:12 5:6 9:3 9:5 9:6 9:18 10:16 21:10 31:12 37:20 49:10 68:2 73:27 80:16 92:9 102:26 119:92 119:95 119:176 142:4 143:12

Proverbs11:7 11:10 21:28 28:28 29:3 31:6

Ecclesiastes3:6 5:14 7:7 7:15 9:6 9:18

Isaiah27:13 29:14 57:1 60:12

Jeremiah1:10 4:9 7:28 9:12 12:17 15:7 18:18 23:1 25:10 25:35 27:15 31:28 46:8 48:8 48:46 49:7 49:38 50:6 51:55

Lamentations2:9 3:18

Ezekiel6:3 7:26 19:5 22:27 25:7 25:16 26:17 28:16 30:13 32:13 34:4 34:16 37:11

Amos1:8 2:14 3:15

Obadiah1:8 1:12

Jonah1:14 4:10

Micah4:9 5:10 7:2

Zephaniah2:5 2:13

Zechariah9:5