שׁוֹאָה shoah
Hebrew word for “devastation” · Strong’s H7722 · used 13 times in 12 verses
Meaning
1) devastation, ruin, waste; 1a) devastation, ruin; 1b) ruin, waste (of land)
Senses in the lexicon
- devastation (12)
- ravage (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for shoah in context, with how often each is used:
- devastation 5
- destruction 3
- ruin 2
- like devastation 1
- like storm 1
- ravages 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Job 30 (2), Psalms 35 (2), Job 38 (1), Psalms 63 (1), Proverbs 1 (1), Proverbs 3 (1), Isaiah 10 (1), Isaiah 47 (1), Ezekiel 38 (1), Zephaniah 1 (1)
Forms
- שׁואה 3
- שׁאה 3
- בשׁואה 1
- לשׁואה 1
- כשׁואה 1
- ומשׁאת 1
- ולשׁואה 1
- כשׁאה 1
- משׁאיהם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shoah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מְשׁוֹאָה meshoah “desolation” 3
- אָתָה atah “to come” 2
- פִּתְאֹם pitom “suddenly” 2
- פַּחַד pachad “dread” 2
- צָרָה tsarah “distress” 2
- עָנָן anan “cloud” 2
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 2
- מָה mah “what?” 2
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 2
- יָדַע yada “to know” 2
Key verses
The verses using shoah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Job 30:3 — For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
- Job 30:14 — They came upon me as a wide breaking in in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
- Job 38:27 — To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
- Psalms 35:8 — Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
- Psalms 35:17 — Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
- Psalms 63:9 — But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
- Proverbs 1:27 — When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
- Proverbs 3:25 — Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
- Isaiah 10:3 — And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your…
- Isaiah 47:11 — Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and…
- Ezekiel 38:9 — Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
- Zephaniah 1:15 — That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick…
See all 12 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.