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Lexicon :: Strong's H7722 - šô'

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שׁוֹא
Transliteration
šô'
Pronunciation
sho
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to rush over
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2339,2339a

Strong’s Definitions

שׁוֹא shôwʼ, sho; or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה shôwʼâh; or שֹׁאָה shôʼâh; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation:—desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H7722 in the following manner: desolation (5x), destruction (3x), desolate (2x), destroy (1x), storm (1x), wasteness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H7722 in the following manner: desolation (5x), destruction (3x), desolate (2x), destroy (1x), storm (1x), wasteness (1x).
masculine noun

  1. ravage

    feminine noun

  2. devastation, ruin, waste

    1. devastation, ruin

    2. ruin, waste (of land)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שׁוֹא shôwʼ, sho; or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה shôwʼâh; or שֹׁאָה shôʼâh; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation:—desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
STRONGS H7722: Abbreviations
† [שׁוֺא] noun [masculine] ravage (?); — plural suffix שֹׁאֵיהֶם Psalm 35:17 rescue me from their ravages (si vera lectio); Greek Version of the LXX κακουργία; Ol Dy Gr CheComm. plausibly שַׁאֲגָם their roaring, compare Psalm 35:16; Psalm 35:17c; We Du שֹׁאֲגִים.

שׁוֺאָה, שֹׁאָה noun feminine devastation, ruin, waste; — absolute שׁו׳ Isaiah 10:3 +, שֹׁאָה Isaiah 47:11; Zephaniah 1:15; Job 30:14 (+ Job 38:27 van d. H. Gi, but see Baer's note); construct שֹׁאַת Proverbs 3:25; —
1. devastation, ruin, as coming on person, Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 47:11 (Babylon personified), Psalm 35:8; a Psalm 63:10; שֹׁאַת רְשָׁעִים Proverbs 3:25 (object genitive; || פַּחַד); וּמְשׁוֺאָה (יוֺם)שׁ׳ Zephaniah 1:15; probably = devastating storm, in simile Ezekiel 38:9 (|| עָנָן), Proverbs 1:27 (Qr; Kt שׁאוה; || סוּפָה). — Psalm 35:8b read probably שַׁחְתֹּה his pit, Syriac Version We (compare Psalm 35:7).
2. concretely, ruin, waste, of the desert, Job 30:3 (reading אֶרֶץ for אֶמֶשׁ Ol; otherwise below 1), וּמְשׁוֺאָה שׁ׳ Job 38:27 (|| מִדְבָּר Job 38:26); = ruins Job 30:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

30:3; 30:14; 30:14; 38:26; 38:27; 38:27

Psalms

35:7; 35:8; 35:8; 35:16; 35:17; 35:17; 63:10

Proverbs

1:27; 3:25; 3:25

Isaiah

10:3; 10:3; 47:11; 47:11

Ezekiel

38:9

Zephaniah

1:15; 1:15

H7722

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7722 matches the Hebrew שׁוֹא (šô'),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:3 -

“They are gaunt with want and famine;

They gnaw the dry and barren ground by night in [the gloom of] waste and desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:14 -

“As through a wide breach they come,

Amid the crash [of falling walls] they roll on [over me].

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 -

To satisfy the barren and desolate ground

And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 -

Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;

Let the net he hid for me catch him;

Into that very destruction let him fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 -

LORD, how long will You look on [without action]?

Rescue my life from their destructions,

My only life from the young lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:9 -

But those who seek my life to destroy it

Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].

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When your dread and panic come like a storm,

And your disaster comes like a whirlwind,

When anxiety and distress come upon you [as retribution].

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Do not be afraid of sudden fear

Nor of the storm of the wicked when it comes [since you will be blameless];

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:3

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Now what will you do in the day of [God’s] punishment,

And in the storm of devastation which will come from far away?

To whom will you flee for help?

And where will you leave your wealth [for safekeeping]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 -

“Therefore disaster will come on you;

You will not know how to make it disappear [with your magic].

And disaster will fall on you

For which you cannot atone [with all your offerings to your gods];

And destruction about which you do not know

Will come on you suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:9 - “You will go up [against them], you will come like a storm; you shall be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 -

That day is a day of [the outpouring of the] wrath [of God],

A day of trouble and distress,

A day of destruction and devastation,

A day of darkness and gloom,

A day of clouds and thick darkness,

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