אֹבֵד
oved · destruction
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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oved (אֹבֵד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “destruction”.
Perishing, ruin: the end of one who is completely lost.
How to say it
o·ved
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Total ruin, vanishing for good.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Numbers 24:20
And he saw Amalek and took up his poem and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end shall be to destruction.”
- Numbers 24:24
And ships shall come from the hand of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur and shall afflict Eber; and he also shall come to destruction.”