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.
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
Occurrences
215 total
- Jeremiah 51:9עִזְב֕וּהָ · Abandon her“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
- Lamentations 5:20תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ · Why have You forsaken usWhy have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
- Ezekiel 8:12עָזַ֥ב · has forsaken“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
- Ezekiel 9:9עָזַ֤ב · has forsakenHe replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
- Ezekiel 20:8עָזָ֑בוּ · forsakeBut they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 23:8עָזָ֔בָה · give upShe did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
- Ezekiel 23:29וַעֲזָב֖וּךְ · and leave youThey will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity
- Ezekiel 24:21עֲזַבְתֶּ֖ם · you left behindTell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
- Ezekiel 36:4הַנֶּעֱזָב֔וֹת · and abandoned…therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
- Daniel 11:30עֹזְבֵ֖י · those who forsakeShips of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.
- Hosea 4:10עָזְב֖וּ · they have abandonedThey will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves
- Jonah 2:8יַעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ · forsakeThose who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
- Zephaniah 2:4עֲזוּבָ֣ה · abandonedFor Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
- Zechariah 11:17עֹזְבִ֣י · who desertsWoe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
- Malachi 4:1יַעֲזֹ֥ב · will be left“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”