Mashshûwʼâh — H4876

Definition

feminine noun

ruin

1. desolation, ruin

Usually translated as

destruction, desolation

Origin

or mashshuʼâh; for H4875

• Mᵉshôwʼâh (H4875)

Greek equivalents

• epaírō (G1869)

Occurrences

Mashshûwʼâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (2)

• Psalms 73:18 — Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction (לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת).
• Psalms 74:3 — Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations (לְמַשֻּׁא֣וֹת); even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.