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Lexicon :: Strong's H7722 - šô'

Aa
שׁוֹא
Transliteration
šô'
Pronunciation
sho
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to rush over
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2339,2339a

Strong’s Definitions

שׁוֹא shôwʼ, sho; or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה shôwʼâh; or שֹׁאָה shôʼâh; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation:—desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H7722 in the following manner: desolation (5x), destruction (3x), desolate (2x), destroy (1x), storm (1x), wasteness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H7722 in the following manner: desolation (5x), destruction (3x), desolate (2x), destroy (1x), storm (1x), wasteness (1x).
masculine noun

  1. ravage

    feminine noun

  2. devastation, ruin, waste

    1. devastation, ruin

    2. ruin, waste (of land)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שׁוֹא shôwʼ, sho; or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה shôwʼâh; or שֹׁאָה shôʼâh; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation:—desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
STRONGS H7722: Abbreviations
† [שׁוֺא] noun [masculine] ravage (?); — plural suffix שֹׁאֵיהֶם Psalm 35:17 rescue me from their ravages (si vera lectio); Greek Version of the LXX κακουργία; Ol Dy Gr CheComm. plausibly שַׁאֲגָם their roaring, compare Psalm 35:16; Psalm 35:17c; We Du שֹׁאֲגִים.

שׁוֺאָה, שֹׁאָה noun feminine devastation, ruin, waste; — absolute שׁו׳ Isaiah 10:3 +, שֹׁאָה Isaiah 47:11; Zephaniah 1:15; Job 30:14 (+ Job 38:27 van d. H. Gi, but see Baer's note); construct שֹׁאַת Proverbs 3:25; —
1. devastation, ruin, as coming on person, Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 47:11 (Babylon personified), Psalm 35:8; a Psalm 63:10; שֹׁאַת רְשָׁעִים Proverbs 3:25 (object genitive; || פַּחַד); וּמְשׁוֺאָה (יוֺם)שׁ׳ Zephaniah 1:15; probably = devastating storm, in simile Ezekiel 38:9 (|| עָנָן), Proverbs 1:27 (Qr; Kt שׁאוה; || סוּפָה). — Psalm 35:8b read probably שַׁחְתֹּה his pit, Syriac Version We (compare Psalm 35:7).
2. concretely, ruin, waste, of the desert, Job 30:3 (reading אֶרֶץ for אֶמֶשׁ Ol; otherwise below 1), וּמְשׁוֺאָה שׁ׳ Job 38:27 (|| מִדְבָּר Job 38:26); = ruins Job 30:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

30:3; 30:14; 30:14; 38:26; 38:27; 38:27

Psalms

35:7; 35:8; 35:8; 35:16; 35:17; 35:17; 63:10

Proverbs

1:27; 3:25; 3:25

Isaiah

10:3; 10:3; 47:11; 47:11

Ezekiel

38:9

Zephaniah

1:15; 1:15

H7722

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7722 matches the Hebrew שׁוֹא (šô'),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:3 - They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:14 - As through a wide broken place in the wall they come on, I am overturned by the shock of their attack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 - To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 - Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:9 - But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:25 - Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:3 - And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:9 - And you will go up, you will come like a storm, you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your forces, and a great number of peoples with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:15 - That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.
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