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Lexicon :: Strong's H7703 - šāḏaḏ

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שָׁדַד
Transliteration
šāḏaḏ
Pronunciation
shaw-dad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2331

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁדַד shâdad, shaw-dad'; a primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage:—dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), × utterly, (lay) waste.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's H7703 in the following manner: spoil (30x), spoiler (11x), waste (8x), destroy (2x), robbers (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's H7703 in the following manner: spoil (30x), spoiler (11x), waste (8x), destroy (2x), robbers (2x), miscellaneous (5x).
  1. to deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin, destroy, spoil

    1. (Qal)

      1. to violently destroy, devastate, despoil, assail

      2. devastator, despoiler (participle) (subst)

    2. (Niphal) to be utterly ruined

    3. (Piel)

      1. to assault

      2. to devastate

    4. (Pual) to be devastated

    5. (Poel) to violently destroy

    6. (Hophal) to be devastated

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁדַד shâdad, shaw-dad'; a primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage:—dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), × utterly, (lay) waste.
STRONGS H7703: Abbreviations
[שָׁדַד]56 verb deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin (Late Hebrew id., Niph.; Arabic bdb099403 stop up, obstruct, arrest, make firm; Ethiopic bdb099404 expel; Assyrian šadâdu is draw, drag); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural consecutive וְשָֽׁדְדוּ Ezekiel 32:12; suffix שַׁדּוּנִי Psalm 17:9; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשׁוּד (metaplastic, compare Ges§ 67 q Bae) [H7736 Psalm 91:6] suffix יְשָׁדֵּם (Ges§ 67 n) Proverbs 11:3 Qr (Kt Perfect ושׁדם), יְשָׁדְדֵם Jeremiah 5:6; Imperative masculine plural שָׁדְדו (Ges§ 67 cc) Jeremiah 49:28; Infinitive absolute שָׁדוֺד Micah 2:4; construct לִשְׁדוֺד Jeremiah 47:4 (Ges§ 45 g), compare also שֹׁד Hosea 10:14; Participle active שֹׁדֵד Jeremiah 6:26 +,etc.; pass. שָׁדוּד Judges 5:27 +, feminine שְׁדוּדָה Psalm 137:8; — violently destory, person, = slay Judges 5:27 (passive), Jeremiah 5:6 (wolf subject; || הִכָּה); accusative Philistines Jeremiah 47:4 (|| הִכְרִית), Jeremiah 47:4 (subject י׳); = devastate, accusative בָּבֶל (subject י׳) Jeremiah 51:55, compare Psalm 137:8 (read probably הַשֹּׁדֵדָה We Du, compare Ew Hi הַשָּׁדוֺדָה see Köii. 194); אֶתגְּֿאוֺן מִצְרַיִם Ezekiel 32:12 (|| נִשְׁמַד), compare Hosea 10:14, אֶתמַֿרְעִיתָם Jeremiah 25:36 (subject י׳), absolute Isaiah 21:2 (|| בָּגַד), Isaiah 33:1 (on use of participle see Ges§ 120 b), passive Isaiah 33:1 (|| בָּגַד), אַתְּי שָׁדוּד Jeremiah 4:30 (Gf BaNB 179, but dubious; < Du שְׁדוּדָה); = despoil, accusative of person Jeremiah 49:28; = bring person to ruin Micah 2:4 (Infinitive absolute + Niph. which see), Proverbs 11:3; weaker, assail Psalm 17:9; elsewhere Participle active as substantive devastator (despoiler?): of national foes Isaiah 16:4; Isaiah 21:2; Isaiah 33:1; Jeremiah 6:26 + 8 times Jeremiah; שׁוֺדְדֵי לַיְלָה Obadiah 5 (|| גַּנָּבִים) strike out Now GASm; personal foe Job 15:21; representing wicked in general Job 12:6 (|| מַרְגִּיזֵי אֵל).
Niph. Perfect1st person plural שָׁדוֺד נְשַׁדֻּנוּ (Ges§ 67 ui. 342 f.) we are utterly ruined.
Pi. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular אַלתְּֿשַׁדֵּד רִבְצוֺ Proverbs 24:15 assault not his dwelling-place (|| אַל־תֶּאֱרֹב); Participle as substantive מְשַׁדֶּדאָֿב Proverbs 19:26 he who assaults, maltreats (his) father (|| יַבְרִיחַ אֵם).
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שֻׁדַּד Isaiah 15:1 +, 3rd person feminine singular שֻׁדְּדָה Jeremiah 4:20 +, שָׁדְּדָה Nahum 3:7 (Ges§ 52 q), etc.; — be devastated, of city Isaiah 15:1 (twice in verse); Isaiah 23:1; Jeremiah 48:1; Jeremiah 49:3; Nahum 3:7, country or nation Jeremiah 4:20, compare Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 9:18 [Jeremiah 9:19]; Jeremiah 48:15, Jeremiah 48:20; Jeremiah 49:10, dwellings (אֹהֶל) Jeremiah 4:20; Jeremiah 10:20, trees Zechariah 11:2 (strike out StaZAW 1 (1881), 25), compare Zechariah 11:3, stength of ships Isaiah 23:14, field (by drought) Joel 1:10, crop Joel 1:10.
Pō`el. violently destroy: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשֹׁרֵד מַצֵּבוֺתָם Hosea 10:2 (|| יַעֲרֹף מִוְבְּחֹתָם).
Hoph. Imperfect (or Qal passive Imperfect? compare Ges§ 53 u) be devastated: 3rd person masculine singular כָּלמִֿבְצָרֶיךָ יוּשָּׁ֑ד Hosea 10:14 (of Ephraim, < We plural יושׁדו); 2nd person masculine singular תּוּשַּׁד Isaiah 33:1 (subject שׁוֺדֵד, see Qal).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

5:27; 5:27

Job

12:6; 15:21

Psalms

17:9; 17:9; 137:8; 137:8

Proverbs

11:3; 11:3; 19:26; 24:15

Isaiah

15:1; 15:1; 16:4; 21:2; 21:2; 23:1; 23:14; 33:1; 33:1; 33:1; 33:1

Jeremiah

4:13; 4:20; 4:20; 4:20; 4:30; 5:6; 5:6; 6:26; 6:26; 9:19; 10:20; 25:36; 47:4; 47:4; 47:4; 48:1; 48:15; 48:20; 49:3; 49:10; 49:28; 49:28; 51:55

Ezekiel

32:12; 32:12

Hosea

10:2; 10:14; 10:14; 10:14

Joel

1:10; 1:10

Obadiah

1:5

Micah

2:4; 2:4

Nahum

3:7; 3:7

Zechariah

11:2; 11:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7703 matches the Hebrew שָׁדַד (šāḏaḏ),
which occurs 58 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:27 -

“Between her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay;

Between her feet he bowed, he fell;

Where he bowed, there he fell [fn]dead H7703.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 -

“The tents of the destroyers H7703 prosper,

And those who provoke God are secure,

[fn]Whom God brings into their power.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:21 -

[fn]Sounds of terror are in his ears;

While he is at peace the destroyer H7703 comes upon him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9 -

From the wicked who deal H7703 violently H7703 with H7703 me,

My deadly enemies who surround me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 -

Daughter of Babylon, you [fn]devastated H7703 one,

Blessed will be one who repays you

With [fn]the retribution with which you have repaid us.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:3 -

The integrity of the upright will guide them,

But the perversity of the treacherous will destroy H7703 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:26 -

He who assaults H7703 his father and drives his mother away

Is a shameful and disgraceful son.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15 -

Do not lie in ambush, you wicked person, against the home of the righteous;

Do not destroy H7703 his resting place;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:1 -

The pronouncement concerning Moab:

Certainly in a night Ar of Moab is devastated H7703 and ruined;

Certainly in a night Kir of Moab is devastated H7703 and ruined.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 -

“Let the [fn]outcasts of Moab stay with you;

Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer H7703.”

For the oppressor has come to an end, destruction has ceased,

Oppressors have been removed from the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 -

A harsh vision has been shown to me;

The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer H7703 still destroys H7703.

Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media;

I have put an end to all [fn]the groaning she has caused.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 -

The pronouncement concerning Tyre:

Wail, you ships of Tarshish,

For Tyre is destroyed H7703, without house or [fn]harbor;

It is reported to them from the land of [fn]Cyprus.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14 -

Wail, you ships of Tarshish,

For your stronghold is destroyed H7703.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1 -

Woe to you, destroyer H7703,

While you were not destroyed H7703;

And he who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.

As soon as you finish destroying H7703, you will be destroyed H7703;

As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will deal treacherously with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 -

“Behold, he goes up like clouds,

And his chariots like the whirlwind;

His horses are swifter than eagles.

Woe to us, for we are ruined H7703!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:20 -

Disaster upon disaster is proclaimed,

For the whole land is devastated H7703;

Suddenly my tents are devastated H7703,

And my curtains in an instant.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 -

And you, desolate H7703 one, what will you do?

Although you dress in scarlet,

Although you adorn yourself with jewelry of gold,

Although you enlarge your eyes with makeup,

In vain you make yourself beautiful.

Your [fn]lovers despise you;

They seek your life.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 -

Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them,

A wolf of the deserts will destroy H7703 them,

A leopard is watching their cities.

Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces,

Because their wrongdoings are many,

Their apostasies are numerous.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 -

Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth

And roll in ashes;

[fn]Mourn as for an only son,

A most bitter mourning.

For suddenly the destroyer H7703

Will come against us.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 -

“For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion:

‘How devastated H7703 we are!

We are put to great shame,

For we have abandoned the land

Because they have torn down our homes.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:20 -

My tent is destroyed H7703,

And all my ropes are broken.

My sons have gone from me and are no more.

There is no one to stretch out my tent again

Or to set up my curtains.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:12 -

“On all the [fn]bare heights in the wilderness

Destroyers H7703 have come,

For the sword of the LORD is devouring

From one end of the land even to the [fn]other;

There is no peace for [fn]anyone.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 -

“Their widows will be more numerous before Me

Than the sand of the seas;

I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,

A destroyer H7703 at noon;

I will suddenly bring down on her

Shock and horror.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 -

Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds,

And the wailing of the masters of the flock!

For the LORD is destroying H7703 their pasture,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 -

Because of the day that is coming

To destroy H7703 all the Philistines,

To eliminate from Tyre and Sidon

Every surviving ally;

For the LORD is going to destroy H7703 the Philistines,

The remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 -

Concerning Moab. This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says:

“Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed H7703;

Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured;

The high stronghold has been put to shame and [fn]shattered.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8 -

“A destroyer H7703 will come to every city,

So that no city will escape;

The valley also will be ruined

And the plateau will be destroyed,

As the LORD has said.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15 -

“Moab has been destroyed H7703 and [fn]men have gone up to [fn]his cities;

His choicest [fn]young men have also gone down to the slaughter,”

Declares the King, whose name is the LORD of armies.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 -

“Come down from your glory

And sit on the parched ground,

O daughter living in Dibon,

For the destroyer H7703 of Moab has come up against you,

He has ruined your strongholds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:20 -

“Moab has been put to shame, for it has been [fn]shattered.

Wail and cry out;

Declare by the Arnon

That Moab has been destroyed H7703.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:32 -

“More than the weeping for Jazer

I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah!

Your tendrils stretched across the sea,

They reached to the sea of Jazer;

Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvest

The destroyer H7703 has fallen.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 -

“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed H7703!

Cry out, daughters of Rabbah,

Put on sackcloth and mourn,

And move about inside the walls;

For [fn]Malcam will go into exile

Together with his priests and his leaders.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:10 -

“But I have stripped Esau bare,

I have uncovered his hiding places

So that he will not be able to conceal himself;

His [fn]offspring have been destroyed H7703 along with his [fn]brothers

And his neighbors, and he no longer exists.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 -

Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. This is what the LORD says:

“Arise, go up to Kedar

And devastate H7703 the [fn]people of the east.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:48 -

“Then heaven and earth and everything that is in them

Will shout for joy over Babylon,

Because the destroyers H7703 will come to her from the north,”

Declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:53 -

“Though Babylon ascends to the heavens,

And though she fortifies [fn]her lofty stronghold,

Destroyers H7703 will come from Me to her,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 -

For the LORD is going to destroy H7703 Babylon,

And He will make her loud [fn]noise vanish from her.

And their waves will roar like many waters;

The clamor of their voices [fn]sounds forth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 -

For the destroyer H7703 is coming against her, against Babylon,

And her warriors will be captured,

Their bows shattered;

For the LORD is a God of retribution,

He will fully repay.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12 - “By the swords of the warriors I will make your multitude fall; all of them are tyrants of the nations,

And they will devastate H7703 the pride of Egypt,

And all its multitude will be destroyed.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:2 -

Their heart is [fn]deceitful;

Now they must suffer for their guilt.

[fn]The LORD will break down their altars

And destroy H7703 their memorial stones.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14 -

An uproar will arise among your people,

And all your fortresses will be destroyed H7703,

As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,

When mothers were [fn]slaughtered with their children.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 -

The field is ruined H7703,

The land mourns;

For the grain is ruined H7703,

The new wine has dried up,

Fresh oil has [fn]failed.

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 -

“If thieves came to you,

If [fn]robbers H7703 by night

Oh how you will be ruined!—

Would they not steal only [fn]until they had enough?

If grape-pickers came to you,

Would they not leave some gleanings?

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 -

“On that day they will take up against you a [fn]song of mocking

And [fn]utter a song of mourning and say,

‘We are completely H7703 destroyed H7703!

He exchanges the share of my people;

How He removes it from me!

To the apostate He apportions our fields.’

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 -

“And it will come about that all who see you

Will [fn]shrink from you and say,

‘Nineveh is devastated H7703!

Who will have sympathy for her?’

Where shall I seek comforters for you?”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 -

Wail, juniper, because the cedar has fallen,

For the magnificent trees have been destroyed H7703;

Wail, oaks of Bashan,

Because the [fn]impenetrable forest has come down.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3 -

There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail,

For their splendor is ruined H7703;

There is a sound of the young lions’ roar,

For the [fn]pride of the Jordan is ruined H7703.

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