שָׁדַד shadad

Hebrew word for “to ruin” · Strong’s H7703 · used 57 times in 47 verses

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Meaning

1) to deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin, destroy, spoil;

How it is translated

Glosses given for shadad in context, with how often each is used:

• destroyer 10
• has been devastated 8
• destroyers 5
• devastated 5
• will be devastated 4
• devastate 3
• destroying 3
• have been devastated 3
• which it was devastated 2
• will devastate 2
• destroyed 1
• have assailed 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 48 (6), Jeremiah 51 (4), Jeremiah 4 (3), Jeremiah 49 (3), Isaiah 23 (2), Hosea 10 (2), Zechariah 11 (2), Judges 5 (1), Job 12 (1), Job 15 (1)

Forms

• שׁדד 18
• שׁודד 6
• שׁדדה 5
• שׁדוד 4
• שׁדדנו 2
• שׁדדו 2
• שׁדדים 2
• ושׁדדו 2
• לשׁדדים 1
• שׁדוני 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shadad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ךְ kh “you” 8
• יָלַל yalal “to wail” 5
• מוֹאָב moav “Moab” 6
• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 6
• בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 4
• פִּתְאֹם pitom “suddenly” 3
• נָפַל naphal “to fall” 5
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 6
• קוֹל qol “voice” 5
• בָּגַד bagad “to act treacherously” 3
• חָתַת chatat “to to be dismayed” 3
• יְלָלָה yelalah “wailing” 2

Key verses

The verses using shadad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Job 15:21 — A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
• Psalms 137:8 — O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
• Isaiah 15:1 — The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to…
• Isaiah 21:2 — A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing…
• Isaiah 23:1 — The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to…
• Isaiah 33:1 — Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,…
• Jeremiah 4:20 — Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
• Jeremiah 5:6 — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth…
• Jeremiah 6:26 — O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the…
• Jeremiah 47:4 — Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the…
• Jeremiah 51:56 — Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall…
• Micah 2:4 — In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my…

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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.