Shôd — H7701

Definition

masculine noun

violence, ravage

1. havoc, violence, destruction, devastation, ruin
1. violence, havoc (as social sin)
2. devastation, ruin

Usually translated as

destruction, spoil, spoiled, spoiling, desolation, robbery, wasting, oppression, spoiler

Origin

or shôwd; (Job 5:21), from H7736

• Derived from Shûwd (H7736)

Greek equivalents

• ádikos (G94)
• kakós (G2556)
• ólethros (G3639)
• ptōma (G4430)
• sýntrimma (G4938)
• talaipōría (G5004)

Occurrences

Shôd occurs 25 times in 24 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Psalms (1), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (4), Joel (1), Amos (2), Habakkuk (2)

• Job 5:21 — Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction (מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד) when it cometh.
• Job 5:22 — At destruction (לְשֹׁ֣ד) and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
• Psalms 12:5 — For the oppression (מִשֹּׁ֥ד) of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
• Proverbs 21:7 — The robbery (שֹׁד) of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
• Proverbs 24:2 — For their heart studieth destruction (שֹׁ֭ד), and their lips talk of mischief.
• Isaiah 13:6 — Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction (כְּשֹׁ֖ד) from the Almighty.
• Isaiah 16:4 — Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler (שֹׁ֔ד) ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
• Isaiah 22:4 — Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling (שֹׁ֖ד) of the daughter of my people.
• Isaiah 51:19 — These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation (הַשֹּׁ֧ד), and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
• Isaiah 59:7 — Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting (שֹׁ֥ד) and destruction are in their paths.
• Isaiah 60:18 — Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting (שֹׁ֥ד) nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
• Jeremiah 6:7 — As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil (וָ֠שֹׁד) is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
• Jeremiah 20:8 — For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil (וָשֹׁ֖ד); because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
• Jeremiah 48:3 — A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling (שֹׁ֖ד) and great destruction.
• Ezekiel 45:9 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil (וָשֹׁד֙), and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
• Hosea 7:13 — Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction (שֹׁ֥ד) unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
• Hosea 9:6 — For, lo, they are gone because of destruction (מִשֹּׁ֔ד): Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
• Hosea 10:14 — Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled (כְּשֹׁ֧ד) Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
• Hosea 12:1 — Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation (וָשֹׁ֖ד); and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
• Joel 1:15 — Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction (וּכְשֹׁ֖ד) from the Almighty shall it come.
• Amos 3:10 — For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery (וָשֹׁ֖ד) in their palaces.
• Amos 5:9 — That strengtheneth the spoiled (שֹׁ֖ד) against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
• Amos 5:9 — That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled (וְשֹׁ֖ד) shall come against the fortress.
• Habakkuk 1:3 — Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling (וְשֹׁ֥ד) and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
• Habakkuk 2:17 — For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil (וְשֹׁ֥ד) of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.