H8 - אֹבֵד (ʼôbêd)

H8 אֹבֵד (ʼôbêd) o-bade'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

active of participle of 6; (concrete) wretched or (abstract) destructin

KJV Usage: perish

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֹבֵד (o.ved) — destruction. destruction

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אֹבֵד (H0008)

verb · אבד

Non-Exist | Dead

destruction = process of disappearing or being removed from existence;◄ either by (a usually unnatural) death, aggression, hardship, disaster, natural processes, acts of destruction, or direct divine intervention

NUM 24:20 · NUM 24:24

verb · אבד

Endure

to be permanent = process of having permanence through time

NUM 24:20 · NUM 24:24

¹ NUM 24:20 · NUM 24:24 A proposal has been made of a root אבד II meaning "to endure, to be permanent" (cf. Jenni, THAT 1:18 | Otzen, TWAT 1:21). It is now accepted, or at least strongly suggested, by Gesenius (18) and KAHAL. See the note in אבד 2.

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֹבֵד n.[m.] destruction, עֲדֵי א׳ Nu 24:20, 24 (JE; on form with abstract sense v. Ba NB 149). done