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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
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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 u Köi. 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.
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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

H7703

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:27 - At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - The tents of robbers prosper, Those who provoke God are secure; Who carry their God in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:21 - A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9 - From the wicked who oppress me, My deadly enemies, who surround me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 - Daughter of Bavel, doomed to destruction, He will be happy who rewards you, As you have served us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:3 - The integrity of the upright shall guide them, But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:26 - He who robs his father and drives away his mother, Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15 - Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting-place:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:1 - The burden of Mo'av. For in a night `Ar of Mo'av is laid waste, and brought to nothing; for in a night Kir of Mo'av is laid waste, and brought to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 - Let my outcasts dwell with you; as for Mo'av, be a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nothing, destruction ceases, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, `Elam; besiege, Madai; all the sighing of it have I made to cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - The burden of Tzor. Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14 - Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1 - Woe to you who destroy, and you weren't destroyed; and deal treacherously, and they didn't deal treacherously with you! When you have ceased to destroy, you shall be destroyed; and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:20 - Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make yourself beautiful; your lovers despise you, they seek your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - Daughter of my people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 - For a voice of wailing is heard out of Tziyon, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:20 - My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are no more: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:12 - Destroyers are come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of the LORD devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh has shalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:36 - A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for the LORD lays waste their pasture.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - because of the day that comes to destroy all the Pelishtim, to cut off from Tzor and Tzidon every helper who remains: for the LORD will destroy the Pelishtim, the remnant of the isle of Kaftor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Of Mo'av. Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Yisra'el: Woe to Nevo! for it is laid waste; Kiryatayim is disappointed, it is taken; Misgav is put to shame and broken down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8 - The destroyer shall come on every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:15 - Mo'av is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - You daughter who dwells in Divon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Mo'av is come up against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:20 - Mo'av is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell you it by the Arnon, that Mo'av is laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:32 - With more than the weeping of Ya`zer will I weep for you, vine of Sivmah: your branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Ya`zer: on your summer fruits and on your vintage the destroyer is fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - Wail, Heshbon, for `Ai is laid waste; cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malkam shall go into captivity, his Kohanim and his princes together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:10 - But I have made Esav bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 - Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hatzor, which Nevukhadretztzar king of Bavel struck. Thus says the LORD: Arise you, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:48 - Then the heavens and the eretz, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Bavel; for the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:53 - Though Bavel should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come to her, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - For the LORD lays Bavel waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 - for the destroyer is come on her, even on Bavel, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for the LORD is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12 - By the swords of the mighty will I cause your multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall bring to nothing the pride of Mitzrayim, and all the multitude of it shall be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:2 - Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14 - Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, And all your fortresses will be destroyed, As Shalman destroyed Beit-Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, And the oil languishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - If thieves came to you, if robbers by night -- oh, what disaster awaits you -- wouldn't they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn't they leave some gleaning grapes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day they will take up a parable against you, And lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 - It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste Who will mourn for her?' Where will I seek comforters for you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, Because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, For the strong forest has come down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3 - A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Yarden is ruined.
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