Usually translated as
spoil, spoiler, waste, dead, destroy, destroyer, oppress, robber, utterly
Occurrences
Shâdad occurs 57 times in 47 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (24), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (2), Joel (1), Obadiah (1), Micah (1), Nahum (1), Zechariah (2)
- Judges 5:27 — At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead (שָׁדֽוּד).
- Job 12:6 — The tabernacles of robbers (לְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗ים) prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- Job 15:21 — A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer (שׁוֹדֵ֥ד) shall come upon him.
- Psalms 17:9 — From the wicked that oppress (שַׁדּ֑וּנִי) me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
- Psalms 137:8 — O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed (הַשְּׁד֫וּדָ֥ה); happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- Proverbs 11:3 — The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy (יְשָׁדֵּֽם) them.
- Proverbs 19:26 — He that wasteth (מְֽשַׁדֶּד) his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
- Proverbs 24:15 — Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil (תְּשַׁדֵּ֥ד) not his resting place:
- Isaiah 15:1 — The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste (שֻׁדַּ֨ד), and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
- Isaiah 15:1 — The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste (שֻׁדַּ֥ד), and brought to silence;
- Isaiah 16:4 — Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler (שׁוֹדֵ֑ד): for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
- Isaiah 21:2 — A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler (וְהַשּׁוֹדֵ֣ד) spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
- Isaiah 21:2 — A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth (שׁוֹדֵ֔ד). Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
- Isaiah 23:1 — The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste (שֻׁדַּ֤ד), so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
- Isaiah 23:14 — Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste (שֻׁדַּ֖ד).
- Isaiah 33:1 — Woe to thee that spoilest (שׁוֹדֵ֗ד), and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
- Isaiah 33:1 — Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled (שָׁד֔וּד); and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
- Isaiah 33:1 — Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil (שׁוֹדֵד֙), thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
- Isaiah 33:1 — Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled (תּוּשַּׁ֔ד); and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
- Jeremiah 4:13 — Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled (שֻׁדָּֽדְנוּ).
- Jeremiah 4:20 — Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled (שֻׁדְּדָ֖ה): suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
- Jeremiah 4:20 — Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled (שֻׁדְּד֣וּ), and my curtains in a moment.
- Jeremiah 4:30 — And when thou art spoiled (שָׁד֜וּד), what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
- Jeremiah 5:6 — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil (יְשָׁדְדֵ֔ם) them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
- Jeremiah 6:26 — O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler (הַשֹּׁדֵ֖ד) shall suddenly come upon us.
- Jeremiah 9:19 — For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled (שֻׁדָּ֑דְנוּ)! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
- Jeremiah 10:20 — My tabernacle is spoiled (שֻׁדָּ֔ד), and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
- Jeremiah 12:12 — The spoilers (שֹֽׁדְדִ֔ים) are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
- Jeremiah 15:8 — Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler (שֹׁדֵ֣ד) at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
- Jeremiah 25:36 — A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled (שֹׁדֵ֥ד) their pasture.
- Jeremiah 47:4 — Because of the day that cometh to spoil (לִשְׁד֣וֹד) all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
- Jeremiah 47:4 — Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil (שֹׁדֵ֤ד) the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
- Jeremiah 48:1 — Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled (שֻׁדָּ֔דָה): Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
- Jeremiah 48:8 — And the spoiler (שֹׁדֵ֜ד) shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
- Jeremiah 48:15 — Moab is spoiled (שֻׁדַּ֤ד), and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
- Jeremiah 48:18 — Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler (שֹׁדֵ֤ד) of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
- Jeremiah 48:20 — Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled (שֻׁדַּ֖ד),
- Jeremiah 48:32 — O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler (שֹׁדֵ֥ד) is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
- Jeremiah 49:3 — Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled (שֻׁדְּדָה): cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
- Jeremiah 49:10 — But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled (שֻׁדַּ֥ד), and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
- Jeremiah 49:28 — Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil (וְשָׁדְד֖וּ) the men of the east.
- Jeremiah 51:48 — Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers (הַשּׁוֹדְדִ֖ים) shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 51:53 — Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers (שֹׁדְדִ֛ים) come unto her, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 51:55 — Because the LORD hath spoiled (שֹׁדֵ֤ד) Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
- Jeremiah 51:56 — Because the spoiler (שׁוֹדֵ֔ד) is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
- Ezekiel 32:12 — By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil (וְשָֽׁדְדוּ֙) the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
- Hosea 10:2 — Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil (יְשֹׁדֵ֖ד) their images.
- Hosea 10:14 — Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled (יוּשַּׁ֔ד), as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
- Joel 1:10 — The field is wasted (שֻׁדַּ֣ד), the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
- Joel 1:10 — The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted (שֻׁדַּ֣ד): the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.