abdan (ab-dawn') [12]

Meaning abdan

a.  From 6 ('âbad ); a perishing.

Parts of speech: Masculine noun

Abdan occurs once with the meaning "destruction". Esther 9:5, "So the Jews smote all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering and destroying them, and did as they chose with those who hated them. "

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition [abdan 12] perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed (Qal) perish, die, be exterminated perish, vanish (fig.) be lost, strayed (Piel) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) cause to stray, lose (Hiphil) to destroy, put to death of divine judgment object name of kings (fig.) Greek Equivalent Words Strong #: 3077 ‑ λύπη (loo'‑pay);