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אָבַד
ʼâbad · Hebrew · Strong's H6 · 184 occurrences
The KJV renders 36 different Hebrew and Greek words as “destroy”
What it means
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
break, destroy, fail, lose, cause to, make perish, spend, take, be undone, be void of, have no way to flee
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“destroy”
also renders phtheírō (G5351), exolothreúō (G1842), kathairéō (G2507), phthorá (G5356), porthéō (G4199), olothreúō (G3645), katalýō (G2647), lýō (G3089), katargéō (G2673), apóllymi (G622), diaphtheírō (G1311), ʼăbad (H7), bâlaʻ (H1104), gârar (H1641), dâbar (H1696), dâmâh (H1820), hârag (H2026), chăbal (H2255), chârab (H2717), chărab (H2718), châram (H2763), mᵉgar (H4049), nâqaph (H5362), nâsham (H5395), nâthats (H5422), çâphâh (H5595), çᵉthar (H5642), tsâdâh (H6658), tsâmath (H6789), qûwr (H6979), rûwaʻ (H7321), shâbar (H7665), shâdad (H7703), shôwʼ (H7722), shâkôl (H7921)
“take”
also renders epiphérō (G2018), déchomai (G1209), proslambánō (G4355), apolambánō (G618), poiéō (G4160), aporphanízō (G642), syllambánō (G4815), piázō (G4084), katéchō (G2722), dídōmi (G1325), apaírō (G522), ekbállō (G1544), harpázō (G726), drássomai (G1405), synaírō (G4868), metalambánō (G3335), kratéō (G2902), prosdéchomai (G4327), gâzâh (H1491), dâbaq (H1692), châzaq (H2388), châsaph (H2834), yâhab (H3051), yâshab (H3427), nâçag (H5253), nâtsal (H5337), nᵉsâʼ (H5376), ʻâbar (H5674), ʻădâʼ (H5709), ʻâsâh (H6213), tsûwd (H6679), qᵉbal (H6902), râbâh (H7235), tâmak (H8551), tâphas (H8610)
“fail”
also renders hysteréō (G5302), ekpíptō (G1601), píptō (G4098), epileípō (G1952), katargéō (G2673), ekleípō (G1587), ʼâphêç (H656), bâqaq (H1238), gâmar (H1584), gâʻal (H1602), dâlal (H1809), châçêr (H2637), châçêr (H2638), kâzab (H3576), kâshal (H3782), nâshath (H5405), ʻâbar (H5674), ʻădar (H5737), ʻâzab (H5800), ʻâṭaph (H5848), râphâh (H7503), shâqar (H8266), tâmam (H8552)
“break”
also renders schízō (G4977), synthrýptō (G4919), syntríbō (G4937), katágnymi (G2608), rhḗgnymi (G4486), katakláō (G2622), kláō (G2806), lýō (G3089), synthláō (G4917), diarrhḗssō (G1284), gâram (H1633), hâlam (H1986), nûwʼ (H5106), nâthaʻ (H5421), nâthaq (H5423), pûwr (H6331), pâtsam (H6480), pâraq (H6561), râgaʻ (H7280), rᵉʻaʻ (H7490), shûwph (H7779)
“cause to”
“spend”
“be undone”
also renders dâmâh (H1820)
Questions this word decides
Where it appears
184 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Samuel 9:3 HC/Vqw3fp1 Samuel 9:20 HTd/Vqrfpa2 Kings 9:8 HC/Vqq3ms2 Kings 10:19 HVhc2 Kings 11:1 HC/Vpw3fs2 Kings 13:7 HVpp3ms/Sp3mp2 Kings 19:18 HC/Vpw3mp/Sp3mp2 Kings 21:3 HVpp3ms2 Kings 24:2 HR/Vhc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 1:27 HC/Vqw3mpAmos 1:8 HC/Vqq3cpAmos 2:14 HC/Vqq3msAmos 3:15 HC/Vqq3cpDeuteronomy 4:26 HVqaDeuteronomy 7:10 HR/Vhc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 7:20 HVqcDeuteronomy 7:24 HC/Vhq2msDeuteronomy 8:19 HVqaDeuteronomy 8:20 HVhrmsaDeuteronomy 9:3 HC/Vhq2ms/Sp3mpDeuteronomy 11:4 HC/Vpw3ms/Sp3mpDeuteronomy 11:17 HC/Vqq2mpDeuteronomy 12:2 HVpaDeuteronomy 12:3 HC/Vpq2mpDeuteronomy 22:3 HVqi3fsDeuteronomy 26:5 HVqrmsaDeuteronomy 28:20 HVqc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 28:22 HVqc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 28:51 HVhc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 28:63 HR/VhcDeuteronomy 30:18 HVqaDeuteronomy 32:28 HVqrmscEcclesiastes 3:6 HR/VpcEcclesiastes 5:14 HC/Vqp3msEcclesiastes 7:7 HC/Vpi3msEcclesiastes 7:15 HVqrmsaEcclesiastes 9:6 HVqp3fsEcclesiastes 9:18 HVpi3msEsther 3:9 HR/Vpc/Sp3mpEsther 3:13 HC/R/VpcEsther 4:7 HR/Vpc/Sp3mpEsther 4:14 HVqi2mpEsther 4:16 HVqp1csEsther 7:4 HC/R/VpcEsther 8:5 HR/VpcEsther 8:11 HC/R/VpcEsther 9:6 HC/VpaEsther 9:12 HC/VpaEsther 9:24 HC/R/Vpc/Sp3mpExodus 10:7 HVqp3fsEzekiel 6:3 HC/Vpq1csEzekiel 7:26 HVqi3fsEzekiel 12:22 HC/Vqq3msEzekiel 19:5 HVqp3fsEzekiel 22:27 HR/VpcEzekiel 25:7 HC/Vhq1cs/Sp2msEzekiel 25:16 HC/Vhq1csEzekiel 26:17 HVqp2fsEzekiel 28:16 HC/Vpw1cs/Sp2msEzekiel 30:13 HC/Vhq1cs
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.