Strong's Definition
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.
TWOT Reference: 1594,1595
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָזַב (a.zav) — to leave: forsake. 1) to leave, loose, forsake 1a) (Qal) to leave 1a1) to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone 1a2) to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise 1a3) to let loose, set free, let go, free 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left to 1b2) to be forsaken 1c) (Pual) to be deserted
עָזַב (a.zav) — to restore. 1) to restore, repair 1a) (Qal) to repair
עָזַב (a.zav) — to leave: release. 1) to leave, loose, forsake 1a) (Qal) to leave 1a1) to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone 1a2) to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise 1a3) to let loose, set free, let go, free 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left to 1b2) to be forsaken 1c) (Pual) to be deserted
עָזַב (a.zav) — Forsaken. This name means to restore, repair Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)
עָזַב (a.zav) — to leave: neglect. 1) to leave, loose, forsake 1a) (Qal) to leave 1a1) to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone 1a2) to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise 1a3) to let loose, set free, let go, free 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left to 1b2) to be forsaken 1c) (Pual) to be deserted
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עֲזוּבָה
Move | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al
to leave, to leave behind, to desert = action by which humans or deities move away from an object, person, or place
GEN 2:24 · GEN 39:6 · GEN 39:12 · GEN 39:13 · GEN 39:15 · GEN 39:18 · GEN 44:22 · GEN 44:22 · GEN 50:8 · EXO 2:20 · EXO 9:21 · EXO 23:5 · EXO 23:5 · EXO 23:5 · LEV 19:10 · LEV 23:22 · LEV 26:43 · JOS 8:17 · JDG 2:21 · RUT 1:16 · RUT 2:11 · RUT 2:16 · 1SA 30:13 · 1SA 31:7 · 2SA 5:21 · 2SA 15:16 · 1KI 19:20 · 2KI 2:2 · 2KI 2:4 · 2KI 2:6 · 2KI 4:30 · 2KI 7:7 · 2KI 8:6 · 1CH 10:7 · 1CH 14:12 · 1CH 16:37 · 2CH 11:14 · 2CH 24:25 · 2CH 28:14 · JOB 18:4 · JOB 20:13 · JOB 39:11 · JOB 39:14 · PSA 38:11 · PSA 49:11 · ISA 6:12 · ISA 7:16 · ISA 10:3 · ISA 10:14 · ISA 17:2 · ISA 17:9 · ISA 17:9 · ISA 18:6 · ISA 27:10 · ISA 32:14 · JER 4:29 · JER 9:1 · JER 9:18 · JER 17:11 · JER 18:14 · JER 25:38 · JER 48:28 · JER 49:25 · JER 51:9 · EZK 23:29 · EZK 36:4 · ZEP 2:4 · MAL 3:19
Free | verb qal ptc.pass | ≠ עצר
free = state in which humans are not or no longer in a state of bondage
Happen | verb qal
to release = action by which humans stop resisting a certain event from happening
Unfaithful | verb qal, verb nif
to desert, to abandon, to forsake = action by which animals, humans, or deities suspend their commitment to (other) objects, animals, humans, or deities, either temporarily or permanently
GEN 28:15 · NUM 10:31 · DEU 12:19 · DEU 14:27 · DEU 28:20 · DEU 31:6 · DEU 31:8 · DEU 31:16 · DEU 31:17 · JOS 1:5 · JOS 22:3 · JOS 24:16 · JOS 24:20 · JDG 2:12 · JDG 2:13 · JDG 10:6 · JDG 10:10 · JDG 10:13 · 1SA 8:8 · 1SA 12:10 · 1KI 6:13 · 1KI 8:57 · 1KI 9:9 · 1KI 11:33 · 2KI 21:22 · 2KI 22:17 · 1CH 28:9 · 1CH 28:20 · 2CH 7:22 · 2CH 12:5 · 2CH 12:5 · 2CH 13:10 · 2CH 13:11 · 2CH 15:2 · 2CH 15:2 · 2CH 21:10 · 2CH 24:18 · 2CH 24:20 · 2CH 24:20 · 2CH 24:24 · 2CH 28:6 · 2CH 29:6 · 2CH 32:31 · 2CH 34:25 · EZR 8:22 · EZR 9:9 · NEH 9:17 · NEH 9:19 · NEH 9:28 · NEH 9:31 · NEH 10:40 · NEH 13:11 · JOB 20:19 · PSA 9:11 · PSA 16:10 · PSA 22:2 · PSA 27:9 · PSA 27:10 · PSA 37:25 · PSA 37:28 · PSA 37:33 · PSA 38:22 · PSA 40:13 · PSA 71:9 · PSA 71:11 · PSA 71:18 · PSA 94:14 · PSA 119:8 · PRO 2:17 · PRO 3:3 · PRO 4:6 · PRO 27:10 · ISA 1:4 · ISA 1:28 · ISA 41:17 · ISA 49:14 · ISA 54:6 · ISA 54:7 · ISA 60:15 · ISA 62:4 · ISA 62:12 · ISA 65:11 · JER 1:16 · JER 2:13 · JER 2:17 · JER 2:19 · JER 5:7 · JER 5:19 · JER 12:7 · JER 14:5 · JER 16:11 · JER 16:11 · JER 17:13 · JER 17:13 · JER 19:4 · JER 49:11 · LAM 5:20 · EZK 8:12 · EZK 9:9 · EZK 20:8 · EZK 24:21 · HOS 4:10 · ZEC 11:17
Confident | verb qal
to commit oneself = action by which humans place their full confidence on someone else ◄ as if by forsaking themselves
Rejoice | verb qal
Collocation: עזב פָּנִים
to put off (one's) sad face literally: to let go of (one's) face; hence: = action by which humans let go of sad expression on their face and try to look cheerful
Unwilling | verb qal
to reject = action by which humans or deities suspend their commitment to a certain pattern of behavior
GEN 24:27 · DEU 29:24 · RUT 2:20 · 1KI 12:8 · 1KI 12:13 · 1KI 18:18 · 1KI 19:10 · 1KI 19:14 · 2KI 17:16 · 2CH 7:19 · 2CH 10:8 · 2CH 10:13 · 2CH 12:1 · EZR 9:10 · NEH 5:10 · JOB 6:14 · PSA 37:8 · PSA 89:31 · PSA 119:53 · PSA 119:87 · PRO 2:13 · PRO 4:2 · PRO 9:6 · PRO 10:17 · PRO 15:10 · PRO 28:4 · PRO 28:13 · ISA 42:16 · ISA 55:7 · ISA 58:2 · JER 9:12 · JER 22:9 · EZK 23:8 · DAN 11:30 · JON 2:9
verb
Whole | verb qal
to restore = causative action by which humans restore an object to make it function again in the way it has functioned before
NEH 3:8 · NEH 3:34
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָזַב 213 vb. leave, forsake, loose Qal leave, c. acc.
leave, abandon, forsake
let loose, set free, let go
Niph. be left to
be forsaken, of house of God
Pu. (or Qal pass.) be deserted, of city
base
[עָזַב] vb. restore, repair (?);—Qal Ne 3:8 ref