Words the Bible translates as abandon
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- azavעָזַבto leave: to let go of someone or something, whether by simply walking away or by abandoning what one was bound to hold onto
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- to restore or repair, as in setting a wall or building back in order
- egkataleipōἐγκαταλείπωto abandon someone: to walk away and leave a person stranded in the very trouble they needed you for
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- to leave someone or something remaining: to let a survivor or a remainder be left when the rest is gone
- apoleipōἀπολείπωto leave a person or thing behind and go on without it, so that what is left stays where it is
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