What does אָבַד · ἀπόλλυμι mean in the Bible?
אָבַד · ἀπόλλυμι is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to perish, be destroyed".
Hebrew · H6, G622
Abad
Properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy ) · to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
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אָבַד H6 properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy )
Pronunciation to'vad
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ἀπόλλυμι G622 to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
Pronunciation apóllymi
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What does abad (abad) mean in the Bible?
אָבַד · ἀπόλλυμι is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to perish, be destroyed".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6, G622?
H6, G622 is connected to 185 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to perish, be destroyed
Source Gloss
to perish, be destroyed
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 91
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 76×
Perfect Isa 57:1 · Jer 48:46 · Job 4:7 · Job 11:20 · Job 18:17 · Job 30:2 · Joel 1:11 · Jonah 4:10 · Lam 3:18 · Mic 4:9 · Mic 7:2 · Num 21:30 · Ps 9:7 · Ps 142:5 · Eccl 9:6 · Exod 10:7 31×
Imperfect Isa 60:12 · Jer 6:21 · Jer 10:15 · Jer 51:18 · Job 4:9 · Job 4:20 · Judg 5:31 · Ps 37:20 · Ps 49:11 · Ps 68:3 · Ps 73:27 · Ps 80:17 · Ps 92:10 · Ps 102:27 · Deut 22:3 · Ezek 7:26 31×
Participle active Deut 26:5 · Deut 32:28 · Eccl 7:15 · Jer 50:6 · Job 4:11 · Job 29:13 · Job 31:19 · Ps 31:13 · Ps 119:176 9×
Infinitive absolute Deut 4:26 · Deut 8:19 · Deut 30:18 3×
Infinitive construct Deut 7:20 1×
Cohortative Jonah 1:14 1×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 11×
Imperfect Eccl 9:18 · Prov 29:3 · Ps 5:7 · Ps 21:11 · Num 33:52 5×
Perfect 2Kgs 21:3 · Lam 2:9 · Jer 15:7 · Ps 9:6 4×
Infinitive absolute Deut 12:2 1×
Participle active Jer 23:1 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 4×
Infinitive construct 2Kgs 10:19 1×
Participle active Deut 8:20 1×
Cohortative Jer 46:8 1×
Perfect Job 14:19 1×
Word Origins
abad is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain