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To leave

עָזַבStrong’s H5800

azav (a-zav)

Appears in 206 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Azav is the Hebrew word usually translated “left”, “forsook” and “have forsaken me”. It appears in 206 verses of the Old Testament.

“For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.”
Daniel 11:30 KJV
Meaning
  1. To leave, loose, forsake(Qal) to leave · (Niphal) · (Pual) to be deserted
  2. To restore, repair(Qal) to repair
How it's translated
  • and he left 9
  • they forsook 8
  • they have forsaken me 7
  • and they abandoned 6
  • they have forsaken 6
  • abandoned 6
  • i will leave you 5
  • you have forsaken 5

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 23
  • Psalms 22
  • Isaiah 21
  • 2 Chronicles 20
  • 1 Kings 12
  • 2 Kings 11

29 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 206 verses, by book
Exodus 3
2:209:2123:5
Leviticus 3
19:1023:2226:43
Numbers 1
10:31
2 Samuel 2
5:2115:16
Lamentations 1
5:20
Daniel 1
11:30
Hosea 1
4:10
Jonah 1
2:8
Zephaniah 1
2:4
Zechariah 1
11:17
Malachi 1
4:1
Hebrew dictionary

עָזַב azav · to leave

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 azav · to restore

1) to restore, repair 1a) (Qal) to repair

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “left” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LEFT, adjective

[Latin lavus; Gr. probably from the root of leave, Gr. and properly weak, deficient. Applied to the hand or arm, it denotes the weak arm, as opposed to the right, the strong or dextrous. Hence the ancient idea of sinister, unfortunate, attached to the left arm or side.]

  1. Denoting the part opposed to the right of the body; as the left hand, arm or side.
  2. The left bank of a river, is that which is on the left hand of a person whose face is towards the mouth of the river.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.