אֲבֵדָה

a.ve.dah

something lost

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Strong’s H9Noun, feminine4 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Leviticus2

Exodus1

Deuteronomy1

Translated as

thing lost2

a thing lost1

thing lost of1

In the text

Exodus 22:9אֲבֵדָה
In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
Leviticus 6:3אֲבֵדָה
or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
Deuteronomy 22:3אֲבֵדַת
And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֲבֵדָה n.f. a lost thing—abs. exc. Dt 22:3 cstr. אֲבֵדַת—Ex 22:8; with מָצָא Lv 5:22, 23; with אָבַד + מָצָא Dt 22:3;—(אבדה Pr 27:20 Kt cf. אֲבַדּוֹ infr.)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.