Something lost
אֲבֵדָהStrong’s H0009avedah (a-ve-dah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Avedah is the Hebrew word usually translated “thing lost” and “thing lost of”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.”
Meaning
- A lost thing, something lost
How it's translated
- thing lost 1
- a thing lost 1
- the thing lost 1
- thing lost of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 2
- Exodus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 6:3Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
- Leviticus 6:4Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
- Deuteronomy 22:3In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲבֵדָה avedah · something lost
a lost thing, something lost
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.