עָזַב

a.zavto leave: forsake
hebrewOld TestamentVerb215 occurrences29 books206 verses
This word comes from the name of Jerusalem.

Definition

a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
Traditional renderings: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, × surely.

Glossary entries

Zion Jerusalem Jebus, Jebusite Salem Ariel (Place) Hephzibah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

215 total
  1. Genesis 2:24יַֽעֲזָב־ · will leave
    For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
  2. Genesis 24:27עָזַ֥ב · withheld
    …saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
  3. Genesis 28:15אֶֽעֱזָבְךָ֔ · leave
    Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
  4. Genesis 39:6וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב · So [Potiphar] left
    So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
  5. Genesis 39:12וַיַּעֲזֹ֤ב · But leaving
    She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
  6. Genesis 39:13עָזַ֥ב · he had left
    When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
  7. Genesis 39:15וַיַּעֲזֹ֤ב · he left
    When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
  8. Genesis 39:18וַיַּעֲזֹ֥ב · he left
    …but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
  9. Genesis 44:22 (2×)לַעֲזֹ֣ב · leave; וְעָזַ֥ב · If he were to leave
    So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
  10. Genesis 50:8עָזְב֖וּ · were left
    …along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
  11. Exodus 2:20עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ן · behind
    “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
  12. Exodus 9:21וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב · left
    …but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.
  13. Exodus 23:5 (3×)מֵעֲזֹ֣ב · leave; עָזֹ֥ב · you must help him; תַּעֲזֹ֖ב
    If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
  14. Leviticus 19:10תַּעֲזֹ֣ב · Leave
    You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
  15. Leviticus 23:22תַּעֲזֹ֣ב · Leave
    When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
  16. Leviticus 26:43תֵּעָזֵ֨ב · will be abandoned
    For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
  17. Numbers 10:31תַּעֲזֹ֣ב · leave us
    “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
  18. Deuteronomy 12:19תַּעֲזֹ֖ב · to neglect
    …and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
  19. Deuteronomy 14:27תַֽעַזְבֶ֑נּוּ · neglect
    And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
  20. Deuteronomy 28:20עֲזַבְתָּֽנִי׃ · in forsaking Him
    The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
  21. Deuteronomy 29:25עָֽזְב֔וּ · they abandoned
    And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
  22. Deuteronomy 31:6יַעַזְבֶֽךָּ׃פ · forsake you
    Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
  23. Deuteronomy 31:8יַֽעַזְבֶ֑ךָּ · forsake you
    The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
  24. Deuteronomy 31:16וַעֲזָבַ֕נִי · They will forsake Me
    And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
  25. Deuteronomy 31:17וַעֲזַבְתִּ֞ים · and I will abandon them
    On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
  26. Deuteronomy 32:36וְעָזֽוּב׃ · or free
    For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
  27. Joshua 1:5אֶעֶזְבֶֽךָּ׃ · forsake you
    No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
  28. Joshua 8:17וַיַּעַזְב֤וּ · leaving
    Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
  29. Joshua 22:3עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם · deserted
    All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.
  30. Joshua 24:16מֵעֲזֹ֖ב · to forsake
    The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
  31. Joshua 24:20תַֽעַזְבוּ֙ · you forsake
    If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
  32. Judges 2:12וַיַּעַזְב֞וּ · Thus they forsook
    Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,
  33. Judges 2:13וַיַּעַזְב֖וּ · for they forsook
    …for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
  34. Judges 2:21עָזַ֥ב · left
    I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
  35. Judges 10:6וַיַּעַזְב֥וּ · Thus they forsook
    And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
  36. Judges 10:10עָזַ֙בְנוּ֙ · forsaken
    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
  37. Judges 10:13עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם · have forsaken
    But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
  38. Ruth 1:16לְעָזְבֵ֖ךְ · to leave you
    But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
  39. Ruth 2:11וַתַּֽעַזְבִ֞י · how you left
    Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
  40. Ruth 2:16וַעֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם · and leave them
    Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
  41. Ruth 2:20עָזַ֣ב · withdrawn
    Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
  42. 1 Samuel 8:8וַיַּ֣עַזְבֻ֔נִי · forsaking Me
    Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
  43. 1 Samuel 12:10עָזַ֙בְנוּ֙ · we have forsaken
    Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’
  44. 1 Samuel 30:13וַיַּעַזְבֵ֧נִי · abandoned me
    Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
  45. 1 Samuel 31:7וַיַּעַזְב֤וּ · they abandoned
    When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
  46. 2 Samuel 5:21וַיַּעַזְבוּ־ · the Philistines abandoned
    There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
  47. 2 Samuel 15:16וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב · left behind
    Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.