שָׁסָה shasah

Hebrew word for “to plunder” · Strong’s H8154 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

1) to spoil, plunder, take spoil; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to plunder; 1a2) plunderers (participle); 1b) (Poel) to plunder

How it is translated

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

• plunderers 4
• have plundered 2
• those who plundered 1
• plundering 1
• those who plunder 1
• plundered 1
• will plunder 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 2 (2), 1 Samuel 14 (1), 1 Samuel 23 (1), 2 Kings 17 (1), Psalms 44 (1), Isaiah 10 (1), Isaiah 17 (1), Isaiah 42 (1), Jeremiah 50 (1), Hosea 13 (1)

Forms

• שׁסים 3
• שׁסיהם 1
• שׁסהו 1
• שׁסו 1
• שׁושׂתי 1
• שׁוסינו 1
• ושׁסוי 1
• שׁסי 1
• ישׁסה 1

Words used with it

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

• אַבִּיר abbir “mighty” 2
• בָּזַז bazaz “to plunder” 2
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 2
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 2
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 2
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 2

Key verses

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

• Judges 2:14 — And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their…
• Judges 2:16 — Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
• 1 Samuel 14:48 — And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
• 1 Samuel 23:1 — Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
• 2 Kings 17:20 — And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
• Psalms 44:10 — Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
• Isaiah 10:13 — For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their…
• Isaiah 17:14 — And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
• Isaiah 42:22 — But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for…
• Jeremiah 50:11 — Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
• Hosea 13:15 — Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and…

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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.