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Strong's H6 אָבַד (abad)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G6 — abel in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H6
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 174
Books 25

Strong's H6 Quick Answer

Strong's H6 אָבַד (abad) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. abad (aw-bad') v. 1. (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneself 2. (by implication) to perish It has 174 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include perish, destroy, destroyed, perished, and away. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
abad (aw-bad') v. 1. (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneself 2. (by implication) to perish
Usage
174 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
perish, destroy, destroyed, perished, and away

Meaning and Definition

abad (aw-bad') v. 1. (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneself 2. (by implication) to perish 3. (causative) to destroy [a primitive root] KJV: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

Original Word
אָבַד
Transliteration
abad
Derivation
Root: אבד
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6. 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 perish

Usage: 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: a.vad (אֲבַד "to destroy" H0007)

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How Strong's H6 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render abad, 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.

perish Leviticus 26:38 54× destroy Leviticus 23:30 20× destroyed Exodus 10:7 14× perished Numbers 16:33 10× away Job 14:19 destroyeth Job 12:23 perisheth Job 4:11 escape Job 11:20 failed Psalms 142:4

How Strong's H6 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 174 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6 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 H6 in the Old Testament

174 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 10:7 KJV

And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

Leviticus 23:30 KJV

And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

Leviticus 26:38 KJV

And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6.

Exodus 10:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
Leviticus 23:30 Old Testament, KJV
And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
Leviticus 26:38 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
Numbers 16:33 Old Testament, KJV
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
Numbers 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Numbers 21:29 Old Testament, KJV
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
Numbers 21:30 Old Testament, KJV
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
Numbers 24:19 Old Testament, KJV
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
Numbers 33:52 Old Testament, KJV
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
Deuteronomy 4:26 Old Testament, KJV
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 7:10 Old Testament, KJV
And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
Deuteronomy 7:20 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 7:24 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
Deuteronomy 8:19 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
Deuteronomy 8:20 Old Testament, KJV
As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
Deuteronomy 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
Deuteronomy 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
Deuteronomy 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
Deuteronomy 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
Deuteronomy 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
Deuteronomy 26:5 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
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 28:22 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
Deuteronomy 28:51 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
Deuteronomy 28:63 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Deuteronomy 30:18 Old Testament, KJV
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
Deuteronomy 32:28 Old Testament, KJV
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
Joshua 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
Joshua 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Joshua 23:16 Old Testament, KJV
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
Judges 5:31 Old Testament, KJV
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
1 Samuel 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
1 Samuel 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
2 Samuel 1:27 Old Testament, KJV
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
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 10:19 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
2 Kings 11:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
2 Kings 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
2 Kings 19:18 Old Testament, KJV
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
2 Kings 21:3 Old Testament, KJV
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
2 Kings 24:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
Esther 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
Esther 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
Esther 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Esther 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Esther 4:16 Old Testament, KJV
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Esther 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Esther 8:5 Old Testament, KJV
And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
Esther 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
Esther 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
Esther 9:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
Esther 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
Job 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Job 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Job 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Job 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
Job 4:20 Old Testament, KJV
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
Job 6:18 Old Testament, KJV
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
Job 8:13 Old Testament, KJV
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Job 11:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Job 12:23 Old Testament, KJV
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Job 14:19 Old Testament, KJV
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Job 20:7 Old Testament, KJV
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Job 29:13 Old Testament, KJV
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 30:2 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
Job 31:19 Old Testament, KJV
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
Psalms 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalms 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Psalms 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Psalms 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
Psalms 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
Psalms 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
Psalms 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Psalms 10:16 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
Psalms 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
Psalms 31:12 Old Testament, KJV
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Psalms 37:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Psalms 41:5 Old Testament, KJV
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 49:10 Old Testament, KJV
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 68:2 Old Testament, KJV
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Psalms 73:27 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
Psalms 80:16 Old Testament, KJV
It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Psalms 83:17 Old Testament, KJV
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
Psalms 92:9 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Psalms 102:26 Old Testament, KJV
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
Psalms 112:10 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 119:92 Old Testament, KJV
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Psalms 119:95 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:176 Old Testament, KJV
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Psalms 142:4 Old Testament, KJV
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Psalms 143:12 Old Testament, KJV
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Psalms 146:4 Old Testament, KJV
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Proverbs 1:32 Old Testament, KJV
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 10:28 Old Testament, KJV
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Proverbs 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Proverbs 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Proverbs 21:28 Old Testament, KJV
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
Proverbs 28:28 Old Testament, KJV
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs 29:3 Old Testament, KJV
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Proverbs 31:6 Old Testament, KJV
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Ecclesiastes 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Ecclesiastes 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Isaiah 26:14 Old Testament, KJV
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Isaiah 27:13 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Isaiah 29:14 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Isaiah 37:19 Old Testament, KJV
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
Isaiah 41:11 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
Isaiah 57:1 Old Testament, KJV
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Isaiah 60:12 Old Testament, KJV
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
Jeremiah 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Jeremiah 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
Jeremiah 6:21 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
Jeremiah 7:28 Old Testament, KJV
But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 6 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 19 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 7 usages, Old Testament
Esther 11 usages, Old Testament
Job 15 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 26 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 9 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 6 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 26 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 14 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Old Testament
Obadiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jonah 4 usages, Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6 FAQ

What does abad (אָבַד) mean?

Abad (Strong's H6) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "lose". abad (aw-bad') v. 1. (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneself 2. (by implication) to perish

How many times is abad (אָבַד) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 174 linked usages for Strong's H6 across 25 books.

Where can I study abad (אָבַד) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate abad (אָבַד)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as perish, destroy, destroyed, perished, away, and destroyeth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.