יֹאבֵ֑ד — Proverbs 21:28 Hebrew Word Study

יֹאבֵ֑ד

𐤉𐤀𐤁𐤃

yoved

will perish

a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy); break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

Proverbs 21:28 · Word #3

Lexicon `H6`

Lemma	אָבַד
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤀𐤁𐤃
Transliteration	ʼâbad
Strong's	H6
In-context	will perish

Morphology `HVqi3ms` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`V` — Verb — An action or state
Binyan	`q` — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation	`i` — Imperfect — Incomplete or ongoing action
Person	`3` — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 `H6-65`

he will wander away to ruin

Root	אבד (ʾ-ʾ-b-d)
Core Meanings	to wander away, be lost, perish, be destroyed, come to ruin
Semantic Range	to be lost, go missing, perish, die, be destroyed, come to nothing, be undone
Conceptual Significance	אבד frequently expresses both physical destruction and existential loss—of life, land, covenant standing, or memory. It conveys not merely death but removal from order and blessing, often as the consequence of covenant unfaithfulness.
Morphological Notes	Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular of the root אבד. The Qal stem here is intransitive, expressing the subject’s movement toward loss or ruin rather than a causative action.
Rendering Rationale	The Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular form denotes a simple future action: "he will." The rendering "wander away to ruin" preserves the root sense of straying or being lost (אבד) while reflecting the resulting state of perishing, maintaining both the verbal stem (simple active) and the masculine singular subject.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root אבד (to wander away, be lost, perish, be destroyed, come to ruin)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H6-01`	abed	he has caused to perish
`H6-02`	avad	he has wandered-away and perished
`H6-03`	avadah	she has wandered away (and perished)
`H6-04`	avadekhem	your perishing
`H6-05`	avadenu	we have wandered away
`H5648-01`	avadete	you (feminine singular) have perished
`H11-01`	avadon	Utter-Perishing
`H5648-02`	avadu	they have wandered away (and perished)
`H6-06`	avedah	she has wandered-away (has perished)
`H6-07`	avedam	their perishing
`H6-08`	avod	I wander away to ruin
`H6-09`	haavid	he caused to perish
`H6-10`	haavido	he has caused him to perish
`H6-11`	haovedet	the perishing woman
`H6-12`	haovedot	the wandering-away ones (feminine plural)
`H6-13`	heevadeta	you caused to perish
`H6-14`	ibad	he made perish
`H6-15`	ibadeta	you have made perish
`H6-16`	ibadeti	I brought to ruin
`H6-17`	ibedam	he caused them to perish
`H6-18`	leabed	to cause to perish
`H6-19`	leabedam	to cause them to perish
`H6-20`	leabedeni	to cause me to perish
`H6-21`	lehaavidenu	to cause us to perish
`H6-22`	lehaavido	to cause him to perish
`H7-01`	lehovadah	to cause to perish
`H5654-01`	leoved	to a perishing one
`H6-23`	maavid	one causing to perish
`H6-24`	meabedim	those causing to perish
`H6-25`	noved	we wander away
`H6-26`	novedah	let us be lost
`H6-27`	ovad	he has perished
`H6-28`	ovedot	wandering-away ones (feminine plural)
`H6-29`	ovidah	Let me cause to perish
`H6-30`	teabed	you will cause to perish
`H6-31`	teabedem	she will make them perish
`H6-32`	teabedu	you will cause to perish
`H6-33`	teabedun	you (masculine plural) shall surely make perish
`H6-34`	tovad	she will be lost-away
`H6-35`	toved	she will perish
`H6-36`	tovedu	you (masculine plural) will wander away and perish
`H6-37`	tovedun	you men will wander away and perish
`H6-38`	uleabed	and to cause to perish
`H6-39`	uleabedam	and to cause them to perish
`H6-40`	ulehaavid	and to cause to perish
`H6-41`	uvaavod	and in perishing-away
`H6-42`	uveavedam	and in their perishing
`H6-43`	vaabedekha	and I caused you to perish
`H6-44`	vateabed	and she made (one) perish / and you (ms) made (one) perish
`H6-45`	vatovadenah	and they wandered away
`H6-46`	vayeabedem	and he caused them to perish
`H6-47`	vayeabedum	and they made them perish
`H6-48`	vayovedu	and they wandered-away
`H6-49`	veabed	and he made perish
`H6-50`	veavad	and he perished
`H6-51`	veavedah	and she perished
`H6-52`	vehaavadeta	and you shall cause to perish
`H6-53`	vehaavadetam	and you shall cause them to perish
`H6-54`	vehaavadeti	and I will cause to perish
`H6-55`	vehaavadetikhe	and I will cause you to perish
`H6-56`	veheevid	and he caused to perish
`H6-57`	veibad	and he perished
`H6-58`	veibadetem	and you caused to perish
`H6-59`	veibadeti	and I caused-to-perish
`H6-60`	vetovedu	and you all will be lost
`H6-61`	veyovedu	and they will perish
`H6-62`	viabed	and he will cause to perish
`H10-01`	vvdh	and the Perishing-of
`H6-63`	yeabed	he causes to perish
`H6-64`	yovad	he will wander away and perish
`H6-66`	yovedu	they will wander away and perish
`H6-67`	yvdv	they will wander away and perish

Word Usage (185 occurrences of H6)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Exodus 10:7	אָבְדָ֖ה	avedah	is destroyed
Leviticus 23:30	וְ/הַֽאֲבַדְתִּ֛י	vehaavadeti	and I will destroy
Leviticus 26:38	וַ/אֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם	vaavadetem	and you shall perish
Numbers 16:33	וַ/יֹּאבְד֖וּ	vayovedu	and they perished
Numbers 17:27	אָבַ֖דְנוּ	avadenu	we are lost
Numbers 17:27	אָבָֽדְנוּ	avadenu-2	we are lost
Numbers 21:29	אָבַ֖דְתָּ	avadeta	you are destroyed
Numbers 21:30	אָבַ֥ד	avad	has perished
Numbers 24:19	וְ/הֶֽאֱבִ֥יד	veheevid	and destroy
Numbers 33:52	וְ/אִ֨בַּדְתֶּ֔ם	veibadetem	and-you-shall-destroy
Numbers 33:52	תְּאַבֵּ֔דוּ	teabedu	you-shall-destroy
Deuteronomy 4:26	אָבֹ֣ד	avod	perish
Deuteronomy 4:26	תֹּאבֵדוּ/ן֮	tovedun	you will perish
Deuteronomy 7:10	לְ/הַאֲבִיד֑/וֹ	lehaavido	to destroy them
Deuteronomy 7:20	אֲבֹ֗ד	avod	perish
Deuteronomy 7:24	וְ/הַאֲבַדְתָּ֣	vehaavadeta	and you shall destroy
Deuteronomy 8:19	אָבֹ֖ד	avod	you shall surely perish
Deuteronomy 8:19	תֹּאבֵדֽוּ/ן	tovedun	you shall perish
Deuteronomy 8:20	מַאֲבִ֣יד	maavid	destroys
Deuteronomy 8:20	תֹאבֵד֑וּ/ן	tovedun	you shall perish
Deuteronomy 9:3	וְ/הַֽאַבַדְתָּ/ם֙	vehaavadetam	and you shall destroy them
Deuteronomy 11:4	וַ/יְאַבְּדֵ֣/ם	vayeabedem	and he destroyed them
Deuteronomy 11:17	וַ/אֲבַדְתֶּ֣ם	vaavadetem	and you will perish
Deuteronomy 12:2	אַבֵּ֣ד	abed	destroying
Deuteronomy 12:2	תְּ֠אַבְּדוּ/ן	teabedun	you shall destroy
Deuteronomy 12:3	וְ/אִבַּדְתֶּ֣ם	veibadetem	and obliterate
Deuteronomy 22:3	תֹּאבַ֥ד	tovad	he has lost
Deuteronomy 26:5	אֹבֵ֣ד	oved	perishing
Deuteronomy 28:20	אֲבָדְ/ךָ֙	avadekha	your perishing
Deuteronomy 28:22	אָבְדֶֽ/ךָ	avedekha	your perishing
Deuteronomy 28:51	הַאֲבִיד֖/וֹ	haavido	he destroys
Deuteronomy 28:63	לְ/הַאֲבִ֥יד	lehaavid	to destroy
Deuteronomy 30:18	אָבֹ֖ד	avod	perish
Deuteronomy 30:18	תֹּאבֵד֑וּ/ן	tovedun	you shall surely perish
Deuteronomy 32:28	אֹבַ֥ד	ovad	void
Joshua 7:7	לְ/הַאֲבִידֵ֑/נוּ	lehaavidenu	to destroy us
Joshua 23:13	אֲבָדְ/כֶ֗ם	avadekhem	perishing-your(pl)
Joshua 23:16	וַ/אֲבַדְתֶּ֣ם	vaavadetem-2	and you will perish
Judges 5:31	יֹאבְד֤וּ	yovedu	let them perish
1 Samuel 9:3	וַ/תֹּאבַ֨דְנָה֙	vatovadenah	and they were lost
1 Samuel 9:20	הָ/אֹבְד֣וֹת	haovedot	the-lost-ones
2 Samuel 1:27	וַ/יֹּאבְד֖וּ	vayovedu	have perished
2 Kings 9:8	וְ/אָבַ֖ד	veavad	and shall perish
2 Kings 10:19	הַאֲבִ֖יד	haavid	destroy
2 Kings 11:1	וַ/תְּאַבֵּ֔ד	vateabed	and she destroyed
2 Kings 13:7	אִבְּדָ/ם֙	ibedam	destroyed them
2 Kings 19:18	וַֽ/יְאַבְּדֽוּ/ם	vayeabedum	and they have destroyed them
2 Kings 21:3	אִבַּ֖ד	ibad	he had destroyed
2 Kings 24:2	לְ/הַֽאֲבִיד֑/וֹ	lehaavido	to destroy it
Isaiah 26:14	וַ/תְּאַבֵּ֥ד	vateabed	and you have wiped out
Isaiah 27:13	הָ/אֹֽבְדִים֙	haovedim	those who were lost
Isaiah 29:14	וְ/אָֽבְדָה֙	veavedah	will perish
Isaiah 37:19	וַֽ/יְאַבְּדֽוּ/ם	vayeabedum	therefore they have destroyed them
Isaiah 41:11	וְ/יֹאבְד֖וּ	veyovedu	and will perish
Isaiah 57:1	אָבָ֔ד	avad	perishes
Isaiah 60:12	יֹאבֵ֑דוּ	yovedu	will perish
Jeremiah 1:10	וּ/לְ/הַאֲבִ֣יד	ulehaavid	and to destroy
Jeremiah 4:9	יֹאבַ֥ד	yovad	will perish
Jeremiah 6:21	יאבדו	yvdv	they will perish
Jeremiah 6:21	וְ/אָבָֽדוּ	veavadu	and they will perish
Jeremiah 7:28	אָֽבְדָה֙	avedah	has-perished
Jeremiah 9:11	אָבְדָ֣ה	avedah	has-perished
Jeremiah 10:15	יֹאבֵֽדוּ	yovedu	they shall perish
Jeremiah 12:17	וְ/אַבֵּ֖ד	veabed	and destroy
Jeremiah 15:7	אִבַּ֨דְתִּי֙	ibadeti	I destroyed
Jeremiah 18:7	וּֽ/לְ/הַאֲבִֽיד	ulehaavid	and to destroy
Jeremiah 18:18	תֹאבַ֨ד	tovad	be lost
Jeremiah 23:1	מְאַבְּדִ֧ים	meabedim	who are destroying
Jeremiah 25:10	וְ/הַאֲבַדְתִּ֣י	vehaavadeti	and-I-will-cause-to-perish
Jeremiah 25:35	וְ/אָבַ֥ד	veavad	and flight shall perish
Jeremiah 27:10	וַ/אֲבַדְתֶּֽם	vaavadetem	and you will perish
Jeremiah 27:15	וַ/אֲבַדְתֶּ֔ם	vaavadetem	and-you-will-perish
Jeremiah 31:28	וּ/לְ/הַאֲבִ֣יד	ulehaavid	and to destroy
Jeremiah 40:15	וְ/אָבְדָ֖ה	veavedah	and perish
Jeremiah 46:8	אֹבִ֥ידָה	ovidah	I will destroy
Jeremiah 48:8	וְ/אָבַ֥ד	veavad	and-will-perish
Jeremiah 48:36	אָבָֽדוּ	avadu	have perished
Jeremiah 48:46	אָבַ֖ד	avad	perished
Jeremiah 49:7	אָבְדָ֤ה	avedah	perished
Jeremiah 49:38	וְ/הַאֲבַדְתִּ֥י	vehaavadeti	and-I-will-destroy
Jeremiah 50:6	אֹֽבְדוֹת֙	ovedot	lost
Jeremiah 51:18	יֹאבֵֽדוּ	yovedu	they will perish
Jeremiah 51:55	וְ/אִבַּ֥ד	veibad	and will destroy
Ezekiel 6:3	וְ/אִבַּדְתִּ֖י	veibadeti	and-I-will-destroy
Ezekiel 7:26	תֹּאבַ֣ד	tovad	will perish
Ezekiel 12:22	וְ/אָבַ֖ד	veavad	perishes
Ezekiel 19:5	אָבְדָ֖ה	avedah	was lost
Ezekiel 22:27	לְ/אַבֵּ֣ד	leabed	to destroy
Ezekiel 25:7	וְ/הַאֲבַדְתִּ֖י/ךָ	vehaavadetikha	and I will destroy you
Ezekiel 25:16	וְ/הַ֣אֲבַדְתִּ֔י	vehaavadeti	and I will destroy
Ezekiel 26:17	אָבַ֔דְתְּ	avadete	you have perished
Ezekiel 28:16	וָֽ/אַבֶּדְ/ךָ֙	vaabedekha	and I destroyed you
Ezekiel 30:13	וְ/הַאֲבַדְתִּ֨י	vehaavadeti	and-I-will-destroy
Ezekiel 32:13	וְ/הַֽאֲבַדְתִּי֙	vehaavadeti	And-I-will-destroy
Ezekiel 34:4	הָ/אֹבֶ֖דֶת	haovedet	lost
Ezekiel 34:16	הָ/אֹבֶ֤דֶת	haovedet	the lost one
Ezekiel 37:11	וְ/אָבְדָ֥ה	veavedah	has perished
Joel 1:11	אָבַ֖ד	avad	has perished
Amos 1:8	וְ/אָֽבְדוּ֙	veavedu	and-they-will-perish
Amos 2:14	וְ/אָבַ֤ד	veavad	and flight shall perish
Amos 3:15	וְ/אָבְד֞וּ	veavedu	and they shall perish
Obadiah 1:8	וְ/הַאֲבַדְתִּ֤י	vehaavadeti	and I will destroy
Obadiah 1:12	אָבְדָ֑/ם	avedam	of their destruction
Jonah 1:6	נֹאבֵֽד	noved	we perish
Jonah 1:14	נֹאבְדָ֗ה	novedah	let us perish
Jonah 3:9	נֹאבֵֽד	noved	perish
Jonah 4:10	אָבָֽד	avad	perished
Micah 4:9	אָבָ֔ד	avad	has perished
Micah 5:9	וְ/הַאֲבַדְתִּ֖י	vehaavadeti	and I will destroy
Micah 7:2	אָבַ֤ד	avad	has perished
Zephaniah 2:5	וְ/הַאֲבַדְתִּ֖י/ךְ	vehaavadetikhe	and I will destroy you
Zephaniah 2:13	וִֽ/יאַבֵּ֖ד	viabed	and destroy
Zechariah 9:5	וְ/אָ֤בַד	veavad	and will perish
Psalms 1:6	תֹּאבֵֽד	toved	will perish
Psalms 2:12	וְ/תֹ֬אבְדוּ	vetovedu	and you perish
Psalms 5:7	תְּאַבֵּד֮	teabed	you will destroy
Psalms 9:4	וְ֝/יֹאבְד֗וּ	veyovedu	and they perish
Psalms 9:6	אִבַּ֣דְתָּ	ibadeta	you have destroyed
Psalms 9:7	אָבַ֖ד	avad	has perished
Psalms 9:19	תֹּאבַ֥ד	tovad	perish
Psalms 10:16	אָבְד֥וּ	avedu	have perished
Psalms 21:11	תְּאַבֵּ֑ד	teabed	you will destroy
Psalms 31:13	אֹבֵֽד	oved	perishing
Psalms 37:20	יֹאבֵ֗דוּ	yovedu	will perish
Psalms 41:6	וְ/אָבַ֥ד	veavad	and his name perish
Psalms 49:11	יֹאבֵ֑דוּ	yovedu	they-perish
Psalms 68:3	יֹאבְד֥וּ	yovedu	they-shall-perish
Psalms 73:27	יֹאבֵ֑דוּ	yovedu	will perish
Psalms 80:17	יֹאבֵֽדוּ	yovedu	they perish
Psalms 83:18	וְ/יֹאבֵֽדוּ	veyovedu	and perish
Psalms 92:10	יֹאבֵ֑דוּ	yovedu	shall perish
Psalms 102:27	יֹאבֵדוּ֮	yovedu	will perish
Psalms 112:10	תֹּאבֵֽד	toved	will perish
Psalms 119:92	אָבַ֥דְתִּי	avadeti	I would have perished
Psalms 119:95	לְ/אַבְּדֵ֑/נִי	leabedeni	to destroy me
Psalms 119:176	אֹ֭בֵד	oved	lost
Psalms 142:5	אָבַ֣ד	avad	perished
Psalms 143:12	וְֽ֭/הַאֲבַדְתָּ	vehaavadeta	and-you-will-destroy
Psalms 146:4	אָבְד֥וּ	avedu	they perish
Proverbs 1:32	תְּאַבְּדֵֽ/ם	teabedem	will destroy them
Proverbs 10:28	תֹּאבֵֽד	toved	will perish
Proverbs 11:7	תֹּאבַ֣ד	tovad	perishes
Proverbs 11:7	אָבָֽדָה	avadah	perishes
Proverbs 11:10	וּ/בַ/אֲבֹ֖ד	uvaavod	and-in-perishing
Proverbs 19:9	יֹאבֵֽד	yoved	will perish
Proverbs 21:28	יֹאבֵ֑ד	yoved	will perish
Proverbs 28:28	וּ֝/בְ/אָבְדָ֗/ם	uveavedam	but when they perish
Proverbs 29:3	יְאַבֶּד	yeabed	squanders
Proverbs 31:6	לְ/אוֹבֵ֑ד	leoved	to him who is perishing
Job 3:3	יֹ֣אבַד	yovad	Let it perish
Job 4:7	אָבָ֑ד	avad	perished
Job 4:9	יֹאבֵ֑דוּ	yovedu	they perish
Job 4:11	אֹבֵ֣ד	oved	perishes
Job 4:20	יֹאבֵֽדוּ	yovedu	they perish
Job 6:18	וְ/יֹאבֵֽדוּ	veyovedu	and they perish
Job 8:13	תֹּאבֵֽד	toved	shall perish
Job 11:20	אָבַ֣ד	avad	will perish
Job 12:23	וַֽ/יְאַבְּדֵ֑/ם	vayeabedem	and destroys them
Job 14:19	הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ	heevadeta	you destroy
Job 18:17	אָ֭בַד	avad	perishes
Job 20:7	יֹאבֵ֑ד	yoved	he shall perish
Job 29:13	אֹ֭בֵד	oved	perishing
Job 30:2	אָ֣בַד	avad	had perished
Job 31:19	א֭וֹבֵד	oved	perishing
Lamentations 2:9	אִבַּ֥ד	ibad	he has destroyed
Lamentations 3:18	אָבַ֣ד	avad	has perished
Ecclesiastes 3:6	לְ/אַבֵּ֔ד	leabed
Ecclesiastes 5:13	וְ/אָבַ֛ד	veavad
Ecclesiastes 7:7	וִֽ/יאַבֵּ֥ד	viabed
Ecclesiastes 7:15	אֹבֵ֣ד	oved
Ecclesiastes 9:6	אָבָ֑דָה	avadah	perished
Ecclesiastes 9:18	יְאַבֵּ֥ד	yeabed	destroys
Esther 3:9	לְ/אַבְּדָ֑/ם	leabedam	to destroy them
Esther 3:13	וּ/לְ/אַבֵּ֣ד	uleabed	and-to-annihilate
Esther 4:7	לְ/אַבְּדָֽ/ם	leabedam	to destroy them
Esther 4:14	תֹּאבֵ֑דוּ	tovedu	will-perish
Esther 4:16	אָבַ֖דְתִּי	avadeti	I perish
Esther 4:16	אָבָֽדְתִּי	avadeti-2	I perish
Esther 7:4	וּ/לְ/אַבֵּ֑ד	uleabed	and to be annihilated
Esther 8:5	לְ/אַבֵּד֙	leabed	to destroy
Esther 8:11	וּ/לְ/אַבֵּ֜ד	uleabed	and to annihilate
Esther 9:6	וְ/אַבֵּ֔ד	veabed	and destroyed
Esther 9:12	וְ/אַבֵּ֜ד	veabed	and destroyed
Esther 9:24	לְ/אַבְּדָ֑/ם	leabedam	to destroy them
Esther 9:24	וּֽ/לְ/אַבְּדָֽ/ם	uleabedam	and to destroy them

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Lexicon H6

Morphology HVqi3ms All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H6-65

Words from Root אבד (to wander away, be lost, perish, be destroyed, come to ruin)

Word Usage (185 occurrences of H6)

Lexicon `H6`

Morphology `HVqi3ms` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H6-65`