Original: אָבַד

Transliteration: ʼâbad

Phonetic: aw-bad'

Short Definition: Break

Original: אבד

Transliteration: 'âbad

Phonetic: aw-bad'

BDB Definition:

1. perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed
   1. (Qal)
      1. perish, die, be exterminated
      2. perish, vanish (figuratively)
      3. be lost, strayed
   2. (Piel)
      1. to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up
      2. to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (figuratively)
      3. cause to stray, lose
   3. (Hiphil)
      1. to destroy, put to death
         1. of divine judgment
      2. object name of kings (figuratively)

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H10, H11, H12, H13, H8, H9