Aramaic word · H7
אֲבַד
lehoadah
to destroy
A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?
Appears 7 times in 6 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.
Where it appears
Jeremiah · 1
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Jeremiah 10:11 יֵאבַ֧דוּ may they perish
Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
Daniel · 6
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Daniel 2:12 לְה֣וֹבָדָ֔ה to destroy
This response made the king so angry and furious that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
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Daniel 2:18 יְהֹֽבְדוּן֙ they will destroy
urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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Daniel 2:24 לְהוֹבָדָ֖ה תְּהוֹבֵ֔ד to destroy, you destroy
Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”
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Daniel 7:11 וְהוּבַ֣ד and it was destroyed
Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
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Daniel 7:26 וּלְהוֹבָדָ֖ה and to destroy
But the court will convene, and his dominion will be taken away and completely destroyed forever.
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