azan (aw-zan') [239]

Meaning Azan

אָזַן

a.  A primary root word.
b.  Rather identical with 238 through the idea of scales as if two ears.
c.  To weight.
d.  Figuratively, to ponder, give good heed.

Part of speech: Verb

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition [239]
(Piel) weigh, test, prove, consider.

cf Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even (just as or the same as) the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].

Prove as in weigh, consider, test.

cf 2 Timothy 2:11-26

11 The saying is sure and worthy of confidence: If we have died with Him, we shall also live with Him.

12 If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny and disown and reject Him, He will also deny and disown and reject us.

13 If we are faithless [do not believe and are untrue to Him], He remains true (faithful to His Word and His righteous character), for He cannot deny Himself.

14 Remind [the people] of these facts and [solemnly] charge them in the presence of the Lord to avoid petty controversy over words, which does no good but upsets and undermines the faith of the hearers.

15 Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.

16 But avoid all empty (vain, useless, idle) talk, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness.

17 And their teaching [will devour; it] will eat its way like cancer or spread like gangrene. So it is with Hymenaeus and Philetus,

18 Who have missed the mark and swerved from the truth by arguing that the resurrection has already taken place. They are undermining the faith of some.

19 But the firm foundation of (laid by) God stands, sure and unshaken, bearing this seal (inscription): The Lord knows those who are His, and, Let everyone who names [himself by] the name of the Lord give up all iniquity and stand aloof from it.

20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also [utensils] of wood and earthenware, and some for honorable and noble [use] and some for menial and ignoble [use].

21 So whoever cleanses himself [from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences] will [then himself] be a vessel set apart and useful for honorable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the Master, fit and ready for any good work.

22 Shun youthful lusts and flee from them, and aim at and pursue righteousness (all that is virtuous and good, right living, conformity to the will of God in thought, word, and deed); [and aim at and pursue] faith, love, [and] peace (harmony and concord with others) in fellowship with all [Christians], who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

23 But refuse (shut your mind against, have nothing to do with) trifling (ill-informed, unedifying, stupid) controversies over ignorant questionings, for you know that they foster strife and breed quarrels.

24 And the servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome (fighting and contending). Instead, he must be kindly to everyone and mild-tempered [preserving the bond of peace]; he must be a skilled and suitable teacher, patient and forbearing and willing to suffer wrong.

25 He must correct his opponents with courtesy and gentleness, in the hope that God may grant that they will repent and come to know the Truth [that they will perceive and recognize and become accurately acquainted with and acknowledge it],

26 And that they may come to their senses [and] escape out of the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him, [henceforth] to do His [God’s] will.

azal (aw-zal') [235]

Meaning Azal 
a.  A primary root word.
b.  To go away, hence to disappear.

Part of speech: Verb  אָזַל

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition [235]
to go, to go away, to go about

1. (Qal)
   1. to go away
   2. to go about
   3. to be used up, be exhausted, be gone, evaporated
2. (Pual) to go to and fro

Greek Equivalent of 235 Strong #: 565 ‑ ἀπέρχομαι (ap‑erkh'‑om‑ahee);  1525 ‑ εἰσέρχομαι (ice‑er'‑khom‑ahee);  1587 ‑ ἐκλείπω (ek‑li'‑po);  2064 ‑ ἔρχομαι (er'‑khom‑ahee);  5290 ‑ ὑποστρέφω (hoop‑os‑tref'‑o);  4198 ‑ πορεύομαι (por‑yoo'‑om‑ahee);

Uwth (ooth) [225]

Meaning Uwth

a.  A Primary root word.
b. Probably to come.
c.  By implication to assent, consent.

Abal (aw-bal) [56]

Meaning

a.  To bewail.

b. A primary root.

1.  Abal is used in the simple, active verbal form primarily in poetry, and usually in a figurative sense.  When it is used of mourning for the dead in a literal sense, the word is found in prose sections and in the reflexive form, indicating action back to the subject.

Basic sentence structure: Subject verb object. Example, He loves himself.

Reflexive form: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

2.  To mourn, lament for the dead in a literal sense over the dead; Genesis 37:34, "And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.".

3.  When used in the figurative sense, abal expresses "mourning" by:

• Gates. Isaiah 3:26, "And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.".
• Land. Isaiah 24:4, "The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish."
• Pastures. Amos 1:2, "And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither."

4. In addition to mourning for the dead, "mourning" may be over:

• Jerusalem. Isaiah 66:10, "Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:"
• Sin. Ezra 10:6, "Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away." 
• God's judgment. Exodus 33:4, "And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments."

5. One may pretend to be a mourner simply by putting on mourning clothes. 2 Samuel 14:2, "And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:"

Syn: 5594 is more dramatic stressing wailing and tearing out the hair.

abah (aw-baw) [14]

Meaning abah

a.  Abah means to breathe after.

b.  Figuratively, to be acquiescent, consent.

c.  A primary root.

Parts of speech: Verb

1.  This verb, which occurs 54 times, is sometimes associated with the noun 'ebyon', "needy person".

2.  This verb means "to consent to" in Deuteronomy 13:8, "Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:"

3. It basically represents the inclination which leads towards action, rather than the volition which immediately precedes it.

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition [abah 14] to be willing, consent (Qal) to be willing to consent, yield to, accept to desire

Abad (aw-bad') [6]

Meaning abad

Basically abad represents the disappearance of someone or something.

Parts of speech: Verb

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition [abad 6] 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 [abad 6] Strong #: 3077 ‑ λύπη (loo'‑pay);

1.  In its strongest sense the word means "to die or ease to exist".

Leviticus 26:38 - "And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up."

2.  It means to bring to non-existence.

Numbers 33:52 - "And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land ofThen ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: your enemies shall eat you up."

3.  It means to go to ruin or to be ruined.

Exodus 10:7 - "And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?"

Numbers 21:29-30 - "And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowWoe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.  We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.est thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?"

4.  It means to succumb, focuses on the process rather than the conclusion.

Numbers 17:12-13 - "And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.  Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?"

5.  It means to be carried off to death or destruction by some means.

Deuteronomy 4:26 - "I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed."

6.  It means to disappear but not be destroyed, to be lost.

Deuteronomy 22:3 - "In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself."

Jeremiah 50:6 - "My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place."

7.  It means to go astray, in the sense of wandering.
Deuteronomy 26:5 - "And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:"

8.  It means human qualities which are lessening or have lessened.
Deuteronomy 32:28 - "For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them."

Psalm 146:4 - "His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish."

Summary

This word refers to the death of the righteousness or the wicked; to the downfall and dissolution of nations, to the desolation of countries, to wandering away of herbage and crops, to the fading away of strength, hope, wisdom , knowledge and wealth.

Ab (awb) [1]

Meaning Ab 
Ab means "father; grandfather; forefather; ancestor."

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition [Ab] father of an individual of God as father of his people head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan ancestor grandfather, forefathers -- of person of people originator or patron of a class, profession, or art of producer, generator (fig.) of benevolence and protection (fig.) term of respect and honour ruler or chief (spec.)

Greek Equivalent Words Strong #: 2730 ‑ κατοικέω (kat‑oy‑keh'‑o);  3390 ‑ μητρόπολις (may‑trop'‑ol‑is);  3507 ‑ νεφέλη (nef‑el'‑ay);   3509 ‑ νέφος (nef'‑os);  3962 ‑ πατήρ (pat‑ayr');   3965 ‑ πατριά (pat‑ree‑ah');  3966 ‑ πατριάρχης (pat‑ree‑arkh'‑ace);  3967 ‑ πατρικός (pat‑ree‑kos');  3971 ‑ πατρῷος (pat‑ro'‑os);   1118 ‑ γονεύς (gon‑yooce');

Parts of speech: Masculine Noun

1. Basically, ab refers to the familial relationship represented by the word "father." This is the word's significance in its first biblical appearance.

First mention

Genesis 2:24 - "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.."

2. In poetical passages, the word is sometimes paralleled to em, "mother."

Job 17:14 - "I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister"

The word is also used in conjunction with "mother" to represent one's parents.

Leviticus 19:3 - "Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God."

But unlike the word em, ab is never used of animals.

3.  Ab also means "grandfather" and/or "greatgrandfather", as in Genesis 28:13 - "And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;"

Such progenitors on one's mother's side were called "thy mother's father".

Genesis 28:2 - " Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother."

4.  This noun may be used of any one of the entire line of men from whom a given individual is descended.

1 Kings 19:4 - "But he [Elijah] himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."

In such use, the word may refer to the first man, a "forefather." or:

4a.  A clan.  Jeremiah 35:6 - "ut they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:"

4b.  A tribe.  Joshua 19:47 - "And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father."

4c.  A group with a special calling. 1 Chronicles 24:19 - "These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the Lord, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him."

4d.  A dynasty. 1 Kings 15:3 - "And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father."

4e.  A nation. Joshua 24:3 - "And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac."

5.  Thus "father" does not necessarily mean the man who directly sired a given individual.

6.  This noun sometimes describes the adoptive relationship, especially when it is used of the "founder of a class or station," such as trade:

Genesis 4:20 - "And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle."

7.  Ab can be a title of respect, usually applied to an older person, as when David said to Saul: "Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it." [1 Samuel 24:11].

8.  The word is also applied to teachers.

2 Kings 2:12 - "And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces."

9.  The word is applied to the prophet Elisha.

2 Kings 6:21 - "And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?"

10.  It is applied to a priest.

Judges 17:10 - "And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in."

11.  This word is also a title of respect when used of "one's husband": 

Jeremiah 3:4 - "Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?"

12.  The noun is used of an "advisor".
Genesis 45:8 - "So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt."

13.  In each case, the one described as "father" occupied a position or status and received the honour due to a "father".

14.  In conjunction with bayit [1004 - "house"], the word may mean "family".
Exodus 12:3 - "Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:"

15.  Sometimes the plural of the word used by itself can represent "family".
Exodus 6:25 - "And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families."

16.  God is described as the "father" of Israel.
Deuteronomy 32:6 - "Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?"

16a.  He is the One Who begot and protected them, the One they should revere and obey.

16b.  God is the "father" of all people.
Malachi 2:10 - "Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?"

16c.  He is especially the "protector" or "father" of the fatherless.
Psalm 68:5 - "A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation."

17.  As the "father" of a king, God especially aligns Himself to that man and his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:14 - "I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:"

17a.  Not every king was a son of God - only those whom He adopted.

17b.  In a sense, the perfect King was God's adopted Son.
Psalm 2:7 - "I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee."

The extent, power and duration of His kingdom are guaranteed by the Father's Sovereignty.
Psalm 2:8-9 - "Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

18.  On the other hand, one of the Messiah's enthronement names is "Eternal Father".
Isaiah 9:6 - "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."