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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 26 times in 24 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:20 - Disaster on disaster is proclaimed,
For the whole land is devastated; H7703
Suddenly my tents are devastated, H7703
My curtains in an instant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - And you, O desolate H7703 one, what will you do?
Although you dress in scarlet,
Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,
Although you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you make yourself beautiful.
Your [fn]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 from the forest will slay 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 transgressions are many,
Their apostasies are numerous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
And roll in ashes;
[fn]Mourn as for an only son,
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer H7703
Will come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 - “For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion,
‘How are we ruined! H7703
We are put to great shame,
For we have left 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, 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:12 - “On all the [fn]bare heights in the wilderness
Destroyers H7703 have come,
For a sword of the LORD is devouring
From one end of the land even to the [fn]other;
There is no peace for [fn]anyone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:8

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 noonday;
I will suddenly bring down on her
Anguish and dismay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:36

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - On account of the day that is coming
To destroy H7703 all the Philistines,
To cut off from Tyre and Sidon
Every ally that is left;
For the LORD is going to destroy H7703 the Philistines,
The remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Concerning Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
“Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed; H7703
Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured;
The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and [fn]shattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:8

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:15

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 hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - “Come down from your glory
And sit [fn]on the parched ground,
O daughter dwelling in Dibon,
For the destroyer H7703 of Moab has come up against you,
He has ruined your strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:32

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed! H7703
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,
Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,
And rush back and forth inside the walls;
For [fn]Malcam will go into exile
Together with his priests and his princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:10

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 has been destroyed H7703 along with his [fn]relatives
And his neighbors, and he is no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 - Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the LORD,
“Arise, go up to Kedar
And devastate H7703 the [fn]men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:48 - “Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
Will shout for joy over Babylon,
For the destroyers H7703 will come to her from the north,”
Declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:53 - “Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens,
And though she should fortify [fn]her lofty stronghold,
From Me destroyers H7703 will come to her,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:55

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 tumult of their voices [fn]sounds forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 - For the destroyer H7703 is coming against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men will be captured,
Their bows are shattered;
For the LORD is a God of recompense,
He will fully repay.
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