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H6 · אָבַד

ʼâbad

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Strong’s definition

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

KJV gloss list in the source

break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

Source pronunciation notation: aw-bad'

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root;

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