עָזַב azav

Hebrew word for “to leave” · Strong’s H5800 · used 215 times in 206 verses

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Meaning

1) to leave, loose, forsake;

Senses in the lexicon

• to leave: forsake (195)
• to leave: release (11)
• to leave: neglect (7)
• to restore (1)
• Forsaken (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for azav in context, with how often each is used:

• have forsaken 26
• abandoned 20
• forsook 19
• left 14
• will forsake 14
• will leave 13
• forsake 8
• has forsaken 7
• will abandon 6
• leave 5
• abandon 5
• those who forsake 5

Where it is used

Also in 17 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 39 (5), Deuteronomy 31 (4), 2 Chronicles 24 (4), Nehemiah 9 (4), Psalms 37 (4), Judges 2 (3), Judges 10 (3), Ruth 2 (3), 1 Kings 19 (3), 2 Kings 2 (3)

Forms

• עזבו 22
• ויעזב 15
• עזב 13
• ויעזבו 12
• תעזב 11
• עזבתם 10
• יעזב 7
• אעזבך 6
• עזבוני 6
• עזבנו 5

Words used with it

Words that share verses with azav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עָבַד avad “to serve” 17
• אָב av “father” 24
• אַחֵר acher “another” 14
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 24
• הֶם hem “them” 20
• אַל al “not” 15
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 13
• רַע ra “bad” 14
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 14
• עִם im “with” 15
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 15
• אַחַר achar “after” 13

Key verses

The verses using azav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the…
• 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
• 2 Chronicles 15:2 — And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he…
• Psalms 22:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the…
• Proverbs 28:13 — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
• Isaiah 1:4 — Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One…
• Isaiah 41:17 — When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake…
• Isaiah 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked…
• Isaiah 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he…
• Jeremiah 2:13 — For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no…
• Jeremiah 2:19 — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast…
• Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.