# H5800 עָזַב

עָזַב (ʻâzab), Strong’s H5800: to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc. KJV: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.. Occurs 215 times.

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*ʻâzab* — to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

KJV: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.

Occurs 215 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [עָזַב] vb. restore, repair (?);—Qal Ne 3:8
- עָזַב vb
- עָזַב 213 vb. leave, forsake, loose
- Qal
- 1 leave, c. acc.
- 2 leave, abandon, forsake
- 3 let loose, set free, let go
- Niph.
- 1 be left to
- 2 be forsaken, of house of God
- Pu. (or Qal pass.) be deserted, of city

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 2:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=24) — Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- [Genesis 24:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=27) — He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth…
- [Genesis 28:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/28?v=15) — Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not…
- [Genesis 39:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=6) — He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate…
- [Genesis 39:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=12) — She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
- [Genesis 39:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=13) — When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run outside,
- [Genesis 39:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=15) — When he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside.”
- [Genesis 39:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=18) — and as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside.”
- [Genesis 44:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=22) — We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
- [Genesis 50:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/50?v=8) — all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds…