Avad אֲבַד
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| אֲבַד | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | avad |
| Strong's number | H7 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to destroy |
| Occurrences | 7 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Daniel (5) |
Avad (Aramaic אֲבַד, Strong's H7) is an Aramaic verb meaning “to destroy”. It occurs 7 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to perish, vanish
1a) (P'al) shall perish
1b) (Aphel) destroy
1c) (Hophal) be destroyed
1a) (P'al) shall perish
1b) (Aphel) destroy
1c) (Hophal) be destroyed
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | destroy (4), perish (2), destroyed (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | destroy (2), will perish (1), be killed (1), execute (1), was destroyed (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Avad, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 10:11Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
Daniel
- Daniel 2:12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:18That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:24Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”
- Daniel 7:11I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
- Daniel 7:26But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.But the court will convene, and his dominion will be taken away and completely destroyed forever.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).