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Strong's H5800 עָזַב (azab)

Azab means “loosen” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H5800
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 206
Books 29

Strong's H5800 Quick Answer

Strong's H5800 עָזַב (`azab) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `azab (aw-zab') v. 1. to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc [a primitive root] It has 206 linked Bible usages across 29 books. Visible English usage signals include forsake, leave, left, fail, and will. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
`azab (aw-zab') v. 1. to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc [a primitive root]
Usage
206 linked usages
Books
29 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
forsake, leave, left, fail, and will

Meaning and Definition

`azab (aw-zab') v. 1. to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc [a primitive root] KJV: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.

Original Word
עָזַב
Transliteration
`azab
Derivation
Root: עזב
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5800. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to leave: forsake

Usage: 1) 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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How Strong's H5800 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `azab, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

forsake Deuteronomy 12:19 16× leave Genesis 44:22 15× left Genesis 24:27 fail Deuteronomy 31:6 fortify Nehemiah 4:2 had Genesis 39:13 help Exodus 23:5 helping Psalms 22:1 they Genesis 50:8 will Genesis 28:15

How Strong's H5800 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 206 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5800 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5800 in the Old Testament

206 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 2:24 KJV

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 24:27 KJV

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

Genesis 28:15 KJV

And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5800.

Genesis 2:24 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 24:27 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
Genesis 28:15 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Genesis 39:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
Genesis 39:12 Old Testament, KJV
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
Genesis 39:13 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
Genesis 39:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
Genesis 39:18 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
Genesis 44:22 Old Testament, KJV
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Genesis 50:8 Old Testament, KJV
And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
Exodus 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
Exodus 9:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Exodus 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Leviticus 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 23:22 Old Testament, KJV
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 26:43 Old Testament, KJV
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
Numbers 10:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
Deuteronomy 12:19 Old Testament, KJV
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 14:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
Deuteronomy 28:20 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
Deuteronomy 29:25 Old Testament, KJV
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
Deuteronomy 31:6 Old Testament, KJV
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Deuteronomy 31:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
Deuteronomy 31:16 Old Testament, KJV
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 land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Deuteronomy 31:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
Deuteronomy 32:36 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
Joshua 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Joshua 8:17 Old Testament, KJV
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Joshua 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
Joshua 24:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
Joshua 24:20 Old Testament, KJV
If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Judges 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
Judges 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Judges 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
Judges 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
Judges 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
Judges 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
Ruth 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Ruth 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
Ruth 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
Ruth 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
1 Samuel 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
1 Samuel 12:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
1 Samuel 30:13 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
1 Samuel 31:7 Old Testament, KJV
And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
2 Samuel 5:21 Old Testament, KJV
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
2 Samuel 15:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
1 Kings 6:13 Old Testament, KJV
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
1 Kings 8:57 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
1 Kings 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
1 Kings 11:33 Old Testament, KJV
Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
1 Kings 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
1 Kings 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
1 Kings 14:10 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
1 Kings 18:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
1 Kings 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
1 Kings 19:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
1 Kings 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
1 Kings 21:21 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
2 Kings 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.
2 Kings 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
2 Kings 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
2 Kings 4:30 Old Testament, KJV
And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
2 Kings 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
2 Kings 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
2 Kings 9:8 Old Testament, KJV
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
2 Kings 14:26 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
2 Kings 17:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
2 Kings 21:22 Old Testament, KJV
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
2 Kings 22:17 Old Testament, KJV
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
1 Chronicles 10:7 Old Testament, KJV
And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
1 Chronicles 14:12 Old Testament, KJV
And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
1 Chronicles 16:37 Old Testament, KJV
So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:
1 Chronicles 28:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
1 Chronicles 28:20 Old Testament, KJV
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
2 Chronicles 7:22 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
2 Chronicles 10:8 Old Testament, KJV
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
2 Chronicles 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
2 Chronicles 11:14 Old Testament, KJV
For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
2 Chronicles 12:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
2 Chronicles 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles 13:10 Old Testament, KJV
But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
2 Chronicles 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
2 Chronicles 15:2 Old Testament, KJV
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 will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
2 Chronicles 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 24:18 Old Testament, KJV
And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
2 Chronicles 24:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
2 Chronicles 24:24 Old Testament, KJV
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
2 Chronicles 24:25 Old Testament, KJV
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
2 Chronicles 28:6 Old Testament, KJV
For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 28:14 Old Testament, KJV
So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
2 Chronicles 29:6 Old Testament, KJV
For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
2 Chronicles 32:31 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
2 Chronicles 34:25 Old Testament, KJV
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
Ezra 8:22 Old Testament, KJV
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Ezra 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Ezra 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Nehemiah 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Nehemiah 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
Nehemiah 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Nehemiah 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
Nehemiah 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah 9:28 Old Testament, KJV
But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
Nehemiah 9:31 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Nehemiah 10:39 Old Testament, KJV
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
Nehemiah 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
Job 6:14 Old Testament, KJV
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Job 9:27 Old Testament, KJV
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Job 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 18:4 Old Testament, KJV
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Job 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Job 20:19 Old Testament, KJV
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job 39:11 Old Testament, KJV
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Job 39:14 Old Testament, KJV
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
Psalms 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Psalms 10:14 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 16:10 Old Testament, KJV
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Psalms 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Psalms 27:9 Old Testament, KJV
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5800, grouped by book.

Genesis 10 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 9 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 5 usages, Old Testament
Judges 6 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 12 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 11 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 20 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 3 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 9 usages, Old Testament
Job 8 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 22 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 11 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 21 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 23 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 7 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5800 FAQ

What does azab (עָזַב) mean?

Azab (Strong's H5800) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "loosen". `azab (aw-zab') v. 1. to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc [a primitive root]

How many times is azab (עָזַב) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 206 linked usages for Strong's H5800 across 29 books.

Where can I study azab (עָזַב) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5800 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate azab (עָזַב)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as forsake, leave, left, fail, will, and had. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.