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Lexicon :: Strong's H8045 - šāmaḏ

Aa
שָׁמַד
Transliteration
šāmaḏ
Pronunciation
shaw-mad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2406

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁמַד shâmad, shaw-mad'; a primitive root; to desolate:—destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x

The KJV translates Strong's H8045 in the following manner: destroy (83x), destruction (1x), overthrown (1x), perished (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x
The KJV translates Strong's H8045 in the following manner: destroy (83x), destruction (1x), overthrown (1x), perished (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to be annihilated, be exterminated

      2. to be destroyed, be devastated

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to annihilate, exterminate

      2. to destroy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁמַד shâmad, shaw-mad'; a primitive root; to desolate:—destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, × utterly.
STRONGS H8045: Abbreviations
[שָׁמַד]90 verb
Niph. be exterminated, destroyed (Late Hebrew derived species; Aramaic שְׁמַד Pa. cause to apostatize (Jastr); Syriac bdb102901 seems disputed (in Lexicons); NöEut. Nab. 32 curse; BaES 10 cites Assyrian ašmud, I destroyed; Gerber112 thinks verb denominative); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְנִשְׁמַד Ezekiel 32:12 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׁמֵ Isaiah 48:19; Proverbs 14:11; 2nd person masculine plural תִּשָּׁמֵד֑וּן Deuteronomy 4:26; Infinitiveabsolute הִשָּׁמֵד Deuteronomy 4:26; construct suffix הִשָּׁמֶדְךָ Deuteronomy 28:20, etc.; —
†1. of person be annihilated, exterminated, Genesis 34:30 (J), Judges 21:16; 2 Samuel 21:5 (+ מֵהִתְיַצֵּב בְּ; — but read לְהַשְׁמִידֵגוּ Greek Version of the LXX Ew We Dr and others), Psalm 37:38 (|| נִכְדָת), Psalm 83:11; of people Deuteronomy 4:26 (הִשָּׁמֵד תּשּׁ׳), Deuteronomy 7:23; Deuteronomy 12:30 (+ מִפָּנֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:20 (|| אָבַד Deuteronomy 28:24; Deuteronomy 28:45; Deuteronomy 28:51; Deuteronomy 28:61, Jeremiah 48:42 (+מֵעִם. Ezekiel 33:12; Psalm 92:8 (+ עֲדֵיעַֿד, compare also וְלֹא יִשָּׁמֵד שְׁמוֺ מִלְּפָנָי֑ Isaiah 48:19 (+ יִכָרֵת; וַרְעֶ֑ךָ etc., in || clause).
†2. be destroyed, of bamoth, Hosea 10:8, compare (בֵּית רְשָׁעִים) Proverbs 14:11; be devastated, of land, Jeremiah 48:8 (|| אבר).
Hiph.69 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁמִיד Deuteronomy 2:22 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁמִיד Isaiah 13:9 +, וַיַּשְׁמֵד 1 Kings 16:12; 2 Kings 10:28, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַשְׁמֵד Deuteronomy 33:27; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁמֵד Isaiah 14:28, יֵ֯ד Amos 9:8; construct לְהַשְׁמִיר Joshua 9:24 +, also †עַד הִשְׁמִידְךָ Deuteronomy 7:24, וֺ- Deuteronomy 28:48, ָ֯ ם - Joshua 11:14 (but read in all הַשׁ׳, as Joshua 23:15, see DrDeuteronomy 7:24), לַשְׁמִד †Isaiah 23:11, etc.; —
1. annihilate, exterminate: accusative of person or a people, subject י׳ or human person, Deuteronomy 1:27; Deuteronomy 2:22 (+ מִפְּנֵי person), Deuteronomy 6:15 (+ הָאֲרָמָה מֵעַל־פְּנֵי), Deuteronomy 9:20 + 16 times Deuteronomy; Joshua 7:12 (accusative הַחֵרֶם; + מִקִּרְבְּכֶם), Joshua 9:24 + 4 times Joshua (all RD), 2 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 13:34; Amos 9:8; Isaiah 13:9; Isaiah 26:14; Esther 3:6, 13 + 23 times; accusative וְשָׁרָשָׁיו פִּרְיוֹ (figurative) Amos 2:9, compare Ezekiel 34:16 (but Vrss Co Toy and others [not Hi Krae] אֶשְׁמֹר); אֶתשְֿׁמִי הִשׁ׳ 1 Samuel 24:22 (Gi 1 Samuel 24:21), 2 Samuel 22:38; 1 Kings 16:12; Psalm 145:20; הַשְׁמֵד as substantive, Isaiah 14:23 besom of extermination; accusative אֶתהַֿבַּעַל 2 Kings 10:28, of extirpating Baal-worship מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל.
†2. destroy, cities Micah 5:13, fortresses Isaiah 23:11, bamoth Leviticus 26:30 (H), Numbers 33:52 (P; || אִבֵּד), חֹזֶק מַמְלְכוֺת הַגּוֺיִם Haggai 2:22.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8046.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:30

Leviticus

26:30

Numbers

33:52

Deuteronomy

1:27; 2:22; 2:22; 4:26; 4:26; 4:26; 6:15; 7:23; 7:24; 7:24; 9:20; 12:30; 28:20; 28:20; 28:24; 28:45; 28:48; 28:51; 28:61; 33:27

Joshua

7:12; 9:24; 9:24; 11:14; 23:15

Judges

21:16

1 Samuel

24:21; 24:22

2 Samuel

21:5; 22:38

1 Kings

13:34; 16:12; 16:12

2 Kings

10:28; 10:28; 14:16

Esther

3:6; 3:13; 10

Psalms

37:38; 83:11; 92:8; 145:20

Proverbs

14:11; 14:11

Isaiah

13:9; 13:9; 14:23; 14:28; 23:11; 23:11; 26:14; 48:19; 48:19

Jeremiah

48:8; 48:42

Ezekiel

32:12; 33:12; 34:16

Hosea

10:8

Amos

2:9; 9:8; 9:8

Micah

5:13

Haggai

2:22

H8045

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8045 matches the Hebrew שָׁמַד (šāmaḏ),
which occurs 90 times in 86 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:25 - But these tribes were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They worshiped the gods of the nations that God had destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10 - “And now see what the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir are doing. You would not let our ancestors invade those nations when Israel left Egypt, so they went around them and did not destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - The armies of Moab and Ammon turned against their allies from Mount Seir and killed every one of them. After they had destroyed the army of Seir, they began attacking each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:9 - But Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem to do even more evil than the pagan nations that the LORD had destroyed when the people of Israel entered the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - He had learned of Mordecai’s nationality, so he decided it was not enough to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he looked for a way to destroy all the Jews throughout the entire empire of Xerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews—young and old, including women and children—must be killed, slaughtered, and annihilated on a single day. This was scheduled to happen on March 7 of the next year.[fn] The property of the Jews would be given to those who killed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the decree issued in Susa that called for the death of all Jews. He asked Hathach to show it to Esther and explain the situation to her. He also asked Hathach to direct her to go to the king to beg for mercy and plead for her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet, for that would be too trivial a matter to warrant disturbing the king.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - The king’s decree gave the Jews in every city authority to unite to defend their lives. They were allowed to kill, slaughter, and annihilate anyone of any nationality or province who might attack them or their children and wives, and to take the property of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:38 - But the rebellious will be destroyed;
they have no future.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:10 - They were destroyed at Endor,
and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - Though the wicked sprout like weeds
and evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 - So he declared he would destroy them.
But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the people.
He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:34 - Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land,
as the LORD had commanded them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:20 - The LORD protects all those who love him,
but he destroys the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:11 - The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
but the tent of the godly will flourish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool;
his mind does not work that way.
His plan is simply to destroy,
to cut down nation after nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:9 - For see, the day of the LORD is coming—
the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger.
The land will be made desolate,
and all the sinners destroyed with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:23 - “I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls,
filled with swamps and marshes.
I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction.
I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:11 - The LORD held out his hand over the sea
and shook the kingdoms of the earth.
He has spoken out against Phoenicia,[fn]
ordering that her fortresses be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:14 - Those we served before are dead and gone.
Their departed spirits will never return!
You attacked them and destroyed them,
and they are long forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore—
too many to count!
There would have been no need for your destruction,
or for cutting off your family name.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:8 - “All the towns will be destroyed,
and no one will escape—
either on the plateaus or in the valleys,
for the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:42 - Moab will no longer be a nation,
for it has boasted against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:66 - Chase them down in your anger,
destroying them beneath the LORD’s heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:9 - “‘And if a prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is because I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet. I will lift my fist against such prophets and cut them off from the community of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7 - I will raise my fist of judgment against you. I will give you as plunder to many nations. I will cut you off from being a nation and destroy you completely. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12 - I will destroy your hordes with the swords of mighty warriors—
the terror of the nations.
They will shatter the pride of Egypt,
and all its hordes will be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:16 - I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes—feed them justice!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:44 - “But then news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in great anger to destroy and obliterate many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - And the pagan shrines of Aven,[fn] the place of Israel’s sin, will crumble.
Thorns and thistles will grow up around their altars.
They will beg the mountains, “Bury us!”
and plead with the hills, “Fall on us!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - “But as my people watched,
I destroyed the Amorites,
though they were as tall as cedars
and as strong as oaks.
I destroyed the fruit on their branches
and dug out their roots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8 - “I, the Sovereign LORD,
am watching this sinful nation of Israel.
I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,[fn]”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:14 - I will abolish your idol shrines with their Asherah poles
and destroy your pagan cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - I will overthrow royal thrones and destroy the power of foreign kingdoms. I will overturn their chariots and riders. The horses will fall, and their riders will kill each other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:9 - For on that day I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

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