שֹׁד shod
Hebrew word for “violence” · Strong’s H7701 · used 25 times in 24 verses
Meaning
1) havoc, violence, destruction, devastation, ruin; 1a) violence, havoc (as social sin); 1b) devastation, ruin
How it is translated
Glosses given for shod in context, with how often each is used:
- devastation 14
- violence 4
- destruction 2
- like devastation 2
- havoc 2
- like the devastation 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Hosea | 4 | 1.7 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 3 | 1.5 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Habakkuk | 2 | 3.0 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Job 5 (2), Psalms 12 (1), Proverbs 21 (1), Proverbs 24 (1), Isaiah 13 (1), Isaiah 16 (1), Isaiah 22 (1), Isaiah 51 (1), Isaiah 59 (1), Isaiah 60 (1)
Forms
- שׁד 9
- ושׁד 8
- משׁד 3
- כשׁד 2
- לשׁד 1
- השׁד 1
- וכשׁד 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shod more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חָמָס chamas “violence” 7
- שֶׁבֶר shever “breaking” 4
- כָּזָב kazav “lie” 2
- מִבְצָר mivtsar “fortification” 2
- שָׁדַד shadad “to ruin” 2
- שַׁדַּי shadday “Almighty” 2
- עָמָל amal “trouble” 2
- קָרֹב qarov “near” 2
- אָוֶן aven “evil” 2
- נָחַם nacham “to be sorry” 2
- דָבַר davar “to speak” 3
- מִן־ min “from” 3
Key verses
The verses using shod that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 12:5 — For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
- Isaiah 13:6 — Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
- Isaiah 22:4 — Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
- Isaiah 59:7 — Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
- Isaiah 60:18 — Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
- Jeremiah 20:8 — For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
- Ezekiel 45:9 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my…
- Hosea 7:13 — Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken…
- Hosea 9:6 — For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess…
- Hosea 10:14 — Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was…
- Hosea 12:1 — Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is…
- Joel 1:15 — Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.