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2 Chronicles 24:18

“And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עָזַבʻâzab · aw-zab'
H5800 · Hebrew

Definition: to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יַּֽעַזְב֗וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
Usage: Occurs 215 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:24 Genesis 24:27 Genesis 28:15 Genesis 39:6 Genesis 39:12

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָזַב here.

Verse 17 Verse 19

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.