BDB8
אֲבֵדָה noun feminine a lost thing — absolute except Deut 22:3 construct אֲבֵדַת — Exod 22:8 with מָצָא Lev 5:22; Lev 5:23 with אָבַד + מָצָא Deut 22:3 — ( אבדה Prov 27:20 Kt compare אֲבַדּוֺ below)
Strong's Lexicon
H9
H9 — אֲבֵדָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H9 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אֲבֵדָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from H6 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | abedah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ab-ay-daw' |
| Meaning: | 1. (concretely) something lost 2. (abstractly) destruction, i.e. Hades |
| KJV Renderings: | lost. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
אבדה (avad-doh’)
Proverbs 27:20
- KJV: Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.never: Heb. not
- EHCC: (3°N3) Hell and destruction are never full ;