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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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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

H7703

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure—
In what God provides by His hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:21 - Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 - O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed,
Happy the one who repays 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 will guide them,
But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:26 - He who mistreats his father and chases 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 - Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not plunder his resting place;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:1 - The burden against Moab.

Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste
And destroyed,
Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste
And destroyed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 - Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab;
Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler.
For the extortioner is at an end,
Devastation 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 distressing vision is declared to me;
The treacherous dealer deals treacherously,
And the plunderer plunders.
Go up, O Elam!
Besiege, O Media!
All its sighing I have made to cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - The burden against Tyre.

Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For it is laid waste,
So that there is no house, no harbor;
From the land of Cyprus[fn] it is revealed to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:14 - Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For your strength is laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1 - Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
When you cease plundering,
You will be plundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - “Behold, he shall come up like clouds,
And his chariots like a whirlwind.
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are plundered!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:20 - Destruction upon destruction is cried,
For the whole land is plundered.
Suddenly my tents are plundered,
And my curtains in a moment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - “And when you are plundered,
What will you do?
Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you will make yourself fair;
Your lovers will despise you;
They will seek your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them,
A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them;
A leopard will watch over their cities.
Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many;
Their backslidings have increased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people,
Dress in sackcloth
And roll about in ashes!
Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation;
For the plunderer will suddenly 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 we are plundered!
We are greatly ashamed,
Because we have forsaken the land,
Because we have been cast out of our dwellings.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:20 - My tent is plundered,
And all my cords are broken;
My children have gone from me,
And they are no more.
There is no one to pitch my tent anymore,
Or set up my curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:12 - The plunderers have come
On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,
For the sword of the LORD shall devour
From one end of the land to the other end of the land;
No flesh shall have peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:8 - Their widows will be increased to Me more than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them,
Against the mother of the young men,
A plunderer at noonday;
I will cause anguish and terror to fall on them 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 a wailing of the leaders to the flock will be heard.
For the LORD has plundered their pasture,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - Because of the day that comes to plunder all the Philistines,
To cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains;
For the LORD shall plunder the Philistines,
The remnant of the country of Caphtor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Against Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:

“Woe to Nebo!
For it is plundered,
Kirjathaim is shamed and taken;
The high stronghold[fn] is shamed and dismayed—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8 - And the plunderer shall come against every city;
No one 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 - Moab is plundered and gone up from her cities;
Her chosen young men have 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 - “O daughter inhabiting Dibon,
Come down from your glory,
And sit in thirst;
For the plunderer of Moab has come against you,
He has destroyed your strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:20 - Moab is shamed, for he is broken down.
Wail and cry!
Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:32 - O vine of Sibmah! I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer.
Your plants have gone over the sea,
They reach to the sea of Jazer.
The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and your vintage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is plundered!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah,
Gird yourselves with sackcloth!
Lament and run to and fro by the walls;
For Milcom shall go into captivity
With his priests and his princes together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:10 - But I have made Esau bare;
I have uncovered his secret places,[fn]
And he shall not be able to hide himself.
His descendants are plundered,
His brethren and his neighbors,
And he is no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 - Against Kedar and against the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall strike. Thus says the LORD:

“Arise, go up to Kedar,
And devastate the men of the East!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:48 - Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
For the plunderers 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 Babylon were to mount up to heaven,
And though she were to fortify the height of her strength,
Yet from Me plunderers would come to her,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - Because the LORD is plundering Babylon
And silencing her loud voice,
Though her waves roar like great waters,
And the noise of their voice is uttered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 - Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men are taken.
Every one of their bows is broken;
For the LORD is the God of recompense,
He will surely repay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12 - ‘By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them the most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall.

‘They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt,
And all its multitude shall be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:2 - Their heart is divided;
Now they are held guilty.
He will break down their altars;
He will ruin their sacred pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14 - Therefore tumult shall arise among your people,
And all your fortresses shall be plundered
As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle—
A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:10 - The field is wasted,
The land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine is dried up,
The oil fails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - “If thieves had come to you,
If robbers by night—
Oh, how you will be cut off!—
Would they not have stolen till they had enough?
If grape-gatherers had come to you,
Would they not have left some gleanings?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day one shall take up a proverb against you,
And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:
‘We are utterly destroyed!
He has changed the heritage of my people;
How He has removed it from me!
To a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 - It shall come to pass that all who look upon you
Will flee from you, and say,
‘Nineveh is laid waste!
Who will bemoan her?’
Where shall I seek comforters for you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
Because the mighty trees are ruined.
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
For the thick forest has come down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3 - There is the sound of wailing shepherds!
For their glory is in ruins.
There is the sound of roaring lions!
For the pride[fn] of the Jordan is in ruins.
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