The meaning of “שָׁמַד”
Understanding shâmad reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly. - to desolate 1) to destroy, extermin...
שָׁמַד
destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly. - to desolate 1) to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be annihilated, be exterminated 1a2) to be destroyed, be devastated 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to annihilate, exterminate 1b2) to destroy
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 34:30 | “And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.” Word: שָׁמַד (shâmad) | |
| Judges 21:16 | “Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?” Word: שָׁמַד (shâmad) | |
| 1 Chronicles 5:25 | “And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.” Word: שָׁמַד (shâmad) | |
| Isaiah 23:11 | “He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.” Word: שָׁמַד (shâmad) | |
| Hosea 10:8 | “The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.” Word: שָׁמַד (shâmad) |
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