Definition
a primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
Traditional renderings: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), × utterly, (lay) waste.
Traditional renderings: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), × utterly, (lay) waste.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁדַד:
- ἀπολλύωapolluō“to destroy”31%
- ἐξολοθρεύωexolothreuō“to root out”13%
- ταλαιπωρίαtalaipōria“misery”13%
- ὄλεθροςolethros“destructive”13%
- ἄνομοςanomos“lawless”6%
- λῃστήςlēstēs“robber/rebel”6%
- ἀθετέωatheteō“to reject”6%
- ἀπατάωapataō“to trick”6%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
57 total
- Obadiah 1:5שׁ֣וֹדְדֵי · robbers“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
- Micah 2:4שָׁד֣וֹד · We are utterly ruined; נְשַׁדֻּ֔נוּIn that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
- Nahum 3:7שָׁדְּדָ֣ה · is devastatedThen all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
- Zechariah 11:2שֻׁדָּ֑דוּ · are ruinedWail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
- Zechariah 11:3שֻׁדְּדָ֖ה · is in ruins; שֻׁדַּ֖ד · are destroyedListen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.