Strong's Hebrew · H6
אָבַד
ʼâbad · aw-bad'
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.
Definition
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 184 times in Scripture
“They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.”
“Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.”
“I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.”
“When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.”
“You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.”
““May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’”
“At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.”
“Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?””
“Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.”
“I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).