עָזַב
a.zav
“to leave: forsake”
Definition
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
a primitive root;
- to leave, loose, forsake 1a) (Qal) to leave 1a1) to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone 1a2) to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise 1a3) to let loose, set free, let go, free 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left to 1b2) to be forsaken 1c) (Pual) to be deserted
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
עָזַב appears 191 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
I will pronounce My judgments against themfor all their wickedness,because they have forsaken Meto burn incense to other godsand to worship the works of their own hands.
Next to them, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs, and next to him, Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs. They fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
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