STRONGS H5800:
Abbreviations
I. עָזַב 213 verb leave, forsake, loose (Late Hebrew
id. (rare); Arabic
be remote, absent, depart, Assyrian
ezêbu,
leave, Shaph.
ušezib,
rescue, compare Biblical Aramaic
H7804 שֵׁיזֵב; — Ethiopic
widowed Di
973); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ע׳ Genesis 24:27 +, suffix
עֲזָבַנִי Isaiah 49:14;
Psalm 38:11;
3rd person feminine singular עָזָ֑בָה Ezekiel 23:8;
1st person singular suffix
עֲזַבְתִּיךְ Isaiah 54:7;
2nd person feminine plural עֲזַבְתֶּן Exodus 2:20, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעֲזֹב Isaiah 55:7 +,
יַעֲזָבֿ Genesis 2:24, suffix
1st person singular וַיַּעַזְבֵנִי 1 Samuel 30:13, etc.;
Imperative עֲזֹב Psalm 37:8,
עָזְבָה Jeremiah 49:11,
עִזְבוּ Jeremiah 48:28;
Proverbs 9:6, etc.;
Infinitive absolute עָזוֺב Jeremiah 14:5,
עָזֹב Exodus 23:5;
construct עֲזֹב Genesis 44:22 +, suffix
עָזְבֵךְ Jeremiah 2:17 +, etc.;
Participle active עֹזֵב Proverbs 10:17 +, construct
עֹזְבִי (Ges
§ 90 l); feminine construct
עֹזֶבֶת Proverbs 2:17 etc.;
passive עָזוּב Deuteronomy 32:26 +, etc.; —
1. leave, with accusative (on order of meanings compare NöZMG. xl (1886). 726):
a. = depart from, accusative of person Genesis 44:22 (twice in verse) (J), 2 Kings 2:2, 4, 6; 2 Kings 4:30; Numbers 10:31 (P), Ruth 1:16; Jeremiah 9:1 (|| הָלַךְ מֵאֵת); accusative of location 1 Kings 8:6; Jeremiah 25:28 (י׳ as lion leaving lair); with מִן local intransitive (strangely) Jeremiah 18:14 (of snow).
b. leave behind, accusative of person Exodus 2:20 (J), 2 Samuel 15:16 (+ infinitive), Ezekiel 24:21; accusative of thing + בְּיַד Genesis 39:12, 13, + אֶצְלִי Genesis 39:15; Genesis 39:18 (all J); + ב location Genesis 50:8 (J); accusative of person and thing Exodus 9:21 (J).
c. leave in the presence of (לִפְנֵי) 1 Chronicles 16:37 (ל of accusative, compare ל 3b above), 2 Chronicles 28:14.
d. leave in safety, וְאָ֫נָה חַעַזְבוּ כְּבוֺדְכֶם Isaiah 10:3.
e. leave in a given condition, situation, אֹתוֺ בְמַחֲלֻיִים ע׳ 2 Chronicles 24:25 they left him in great suffering; with adverb accusative Ezekiel 23:29; a city פְּתוּחָה Joshua 8:17.
f. leave undisturbed, let alone Ruth 2:16.
g. leave unexercised, Genesis 24:27 pregnantly he hath not left his kindness and his faithfulness from (being) with (מֵעִם) my master; so חַסְדּוֺ אֶתֿ ע׳ Ruth 2:20 (both of י׳); חֵמָה ע׳ Psalm 37:8 (|| הֶרֶף מֵאַף).
h. leave in the hand of, entrust to, accusative of thing + בְּיַד Genesis 39:6 (J), + אֶלֿ Job 39:11 (|| בָּטַח בְּ), + עַלֿ Psalm 10:14 (accusative omitted, his cause). — So also possibly (with לְ) Nehemiah 3:34 (reading לֵאלֹהִים for MT לָהֶם), but text probably otherwise corrupt.
i. leave to (ל) one (unaided), וְחָדַלְתָּ֫ מֵעֲזֹב לוֺ Exodus 23:5a (E) thou shalt refrain from leaving it (that is, the affair) to him; compare תַּעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּיצֶיהָ Job 39:14 (of ostrich).
j. leave over, remaining, accusative of person Joshua 2:21 (JE); accusative of thing + לְ person Leviticus 19:10; Leviticus 23:22 (H), Malachi 3:19 [Malachi 4:1].
k. leave = have nothing to do with Proverbs 9:6.
2. leave, abandon, forsake:
†a. abandon, accusative of thing:
(1) land, house, city, tent, etc., 1 Samuel 31:7 = 1 Chronicles 10:7; 2 Kings 7:7; Jeremiah 9:18; Jeremiah 48:28; Jeremiah 51:9; 2 Chronicles 11:14; Isaiah 17:9 (+ מִפְּנֵי of enemy); passive participle of cities Isaiah 17:2; Jeremiah 4:29; Zephaniah 2:4, compare עֲזוּבָה Isaiah 17:9 participle = substantive = deserted region.
(2) oxen 1 Kings 19:20, idol-images (+ שָׁם) 2 Samuel 5:21 = 1 Chronicles 14:12, flock Zechariah 11:17; passive participle of eggs Isaiah 10:14.
†b. forsake,
(1) human subject and object: Genesis 2:24 (J; a man his parents), 1 Samuel 30:13; Joshua 22:3 (D), Jeremiah 49:11; Psalm 27:10 (parent a child), Proverbs 2:17 (wife her husband, אַלוּף), compare עֲזוּבָה אִשָּׁה Isaiah 54:6, and ע׳ of personified Zion Isaiah 60:15; Isaiah 62:4.
(2) an animal its young Jeremiah 14:5 (object om).
†c. = neglect, Levite Deuteronomy 12:19; Deuteronomy 14:27, poor Job 20:19.
d. especially
(1) figurative of forsaking God (י׳), apostatizing, Judges 10:10; Deuteronomy 28:20; Deuteronomy 31:16; Jeremiah 1:16 + 38 times (often Jeremiah and later); + Jonah 2:9 (object חַסְדָּם, i.e. God, see חֶסֶד II); with ל + infinitive only עָֽזְבוּ לִשְׁמֹר אֶתיֿ׳ Hosea 4:10 (Oort We Now doubt לִשְׁמֹר).
(2) object י׳'s law, commands, covenant, etc., Deuteronomy 29:24; 1 Kings 19:10, 14 + 14 times; house of י׳ 2 Chronicles 24:18; Nehemiah 10:40.
† (3) forsake, fail to follow, obey advice, instruction, wisdom, reproof: 1 Kings 12:8, 13 2 Chronicles 10:8, 13; Proverbs 2:13; Proverbs 4:2, 6; Proverbs 10:17; Proverbs 15:10; Proverbs 27:10.
† (4) but also of forsaking idols Ezekiel 20:8, sins of various kinds Ezekiel 23:8; Isaiah 55:7; Proverbs 28:13 (object omitted; + מוֺדֶה confess); הַמַּשָּׁא usury Nehemiah 5:10.
e. of God's forsaking, abandoning men: Deuteronomy 31:17; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 49:14; Isaiah 54:7; 2 Chronicles 12:5; Ezra 9:9; Psalm 9:11; Psalm 22:2 + 8 times Psalms; + בְּיַד Nehemiah 9:28; Psalm 37:33; Psalm 16:10 thou wilt not abandon my soul לִשְׁאוֺל; of temporary abandonment 2 Chronicles 32:31 (+ infinitive of purpose); etc. (34 times in all); + Jeremiah 12:7 (י׳ abandoning his house).
†f. of God's leaving, i.e. ceasing to regard, the earth, thus giving impunity to crime, Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9.
†g. of strength (כֹּחַ) forsaking one Psalm 38:11, courage (לֵב) Psalm 40:13, kindness and faithfulness (חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת) Proverbs 3:3.
†3. let loose, set free, let go עִמּוֺ עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב Exodus 23:5b (E) thou shalt by all means free it (that is, the beast) with him, (aid him to set it free; on sense, compare Deuteronomy 22:4; DHM below II. עזב); עָצוּר וְעָזוּב shut up and freed, proverb. phrase, = all classes of people Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8; 2 Kings 14:26 (exact meaning dubious; probably either = bond and free, or [see RSSem i. 437, 2nd ed. 456] under taboo and free from it); let go Job 20:13 (with accusative of wickedness as morsel in mouth); let loose my complaint Job 10:1 (עָלַי apud me, compare עַל II 1 d); אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי Job 9:27 I will loosen, relax, my face, (compare Thes De Me Stu Di BuhlLex Bu; > abandon my [gloomy] countenance AV RV SS BaeKau Du).
†
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נֶעֱזַב Nehemiah 13:11;
3rd person feminine singular נֶעֱזָבָ֫ה Isaiah 62:12;
Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֵּעָזֵב Isaiah 7:16;
Leviticus 26:43,
תֵּעָ֣זַב Job 18:4;
3rd person masculine plural יֵעָֽזְבוּ Isaiah 18:6;
Participle נֶעֱזָב Isaiah 27:10;
Psalm 37:25;
feminine plural נֶעֱזָבוֺת Ezekiel 36:4; —
1. be left to (לְ), i.e. to the possession of, Isaiah 18:6.
2. be forsaken, of house of God Nehemiah 13:11, a city Ezekiel 36:4; Isaiah 27:10 (|| מְשֻׁלָּח), Isaiah 62:12; the earth Job 18:4, land Isaiah 7:16; Leviticus 26:43 (+ מִן of exiles); of man Psalm 37:25.
†
Pu. (or
Qal passive, see Ges
§ 52 e)
be deserted, of city:
Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֲמוֺן עִיר עֻזָּב֫ Isaiah 32:14 (||
נֻטָּ֔שׁ);
3rd person feminine singular עֻזְּבָה Jeremiah 49:25.
† II. [
עָזַב]
verb restore, repair (?) (compare perhaps Sabean
עדֿב restore, SabDenkm
90 DHM
Öster. Monatsschr. f. d. Orient 1885, 226; also Late Hebrew
מַעֲזִיבָה restoration, erection Levy
NHWB iii. 186, Arabic
,
building-stone Kremer
Beitr. ii. 18); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיַּעַזְבוּ Nehemiah 3:8 and they repaired (?) Jerusalem as far as the broad wall; >
paved Gu
ZPV viii (1885), 282 f., or from √ I.
עזב (see views in Be Ryle).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
2:24; 2:24; 24:27; 24:27; 39:6; 39:12; 39:13; 39:15; 39:18; 44:22; 44:22; 50:8
Exodus
2:20; 2:20; 9:21; 23:5; 23:5; 23:5
Leviticus
19:10; 23:22; 26:43; 26:43
Numbers
10:31
Deuteronomy
12:19; 14:27; 22:4; 28:20; 29:24; 31:16; 31:17; 32:26; 32:36
Joshua
2:21; 8:17; 22:3
Judges
10:10
Ruth
1:16; 2:16; 2:20
1 Samuel
30:13; 30:13; 31:7
2 Samuel
5:21; 15:16
1 Kings
8:6; 12:8; 12:13; 14:10; 19:10; 19:14; 19:20; 21:21
2 Kings
2:2; 2:4; 2:6; 4:30; 7:7; 9:8; 14:26
1 Chronicles
10:7; 14:12; 16:37
2 Chronicles
10:8; 10:13; 11:14; 12:5; 24:18; 24:25; 28:14; 32:31
Ezra
9:9
Nehemiah
3:8; 5:10; 9:28; 13:11; 13:11
Job
9:27; 10:1; 18:4; 18:4; 20:13; 20:19; 39:11; 39:14
Psalms
9:11; 10:14; 16:10; 22:2; 27:10; 37:8; 37:8; 37:25; 37:25; 37:33; 38:11; 38:11; 40:13
Proverbs
2:13; 2:17; 2:17; 3:3; 4:2; 4:6; 9:6; 9:6; 10:17; 10:17; 15:10; 27:10; 28:13
Isaiah
7:16; 7:16; 10:3; 10:14; 17:2; 17:9; 17:9; 18:6; 18:6; 27:10; 27:10; 32:14; 42:16; 49:14; 49:14; 54:6; 54:7; 54:7; 55:7; 55:7; 60:15; 62:4; 62:12; 62:12
Jeremiah
1:16; 2:17; 4:29; 9:1; 9:18; 12:7; 14:5; 14:5; 18:14; 25:28; 48:28; 48:28; 49:11; 49:11; 49:25; 51:9
Ezekiel
8:12; 9:9; 20:8; 23:8; 23:8; 23:29; 24:21; 36:4; 36:4
Hosea
4:10
Jonah
2:9
Zephaniah
2:4
Zechariah
11:17
Malachi
4:1