Shôwʼ — H7722

Definition

masculine substantive

a tempest; by implication, devastation

1. n m
2. ravage
3. n f
4. devastation, ruin, waste
1. devastation, ruin
2. ruin, waste (of land)

Usually translated as

desolation, desolate, destruction, destroy, storm, wasteness

Origin

or (feminine) shôwʼâh; or shôʼâh; from an unused root meaning to rush over

Greek equivalents

• apṓleia (G684)
• thlîpsis (G2347)
• hormḗ (G3730)
• pagís (G3803)
• synochḗ (G4928)
• talaipōría (G5004)
• hyetós (G5205)

Occurrences

Shôwʼ occurs 13 times in 12 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (3), Psalms (3), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Job 30:3 — For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate (שׁוֹאָ֥ה) and waste.
• Job 30:14 — They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation (שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה) they rolled themselves upon me.
• Job 38:27 — To satisfy the desolate (שֹׁ֭אָה) and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
• Psalms 35:8 — Let destruction (שׁוֹאָה֮) come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
• Psalms 35:8 — Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction (בְּ֝שׁוֹאָ֗ה) let him fall.
• Psalms 35:17 — Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions (מִשֹּׁאֵיהֶ֑ם), my darling from the lions.
• Psalms 63:9 — But those that seek my soul, to destroy (לְ֭שׁוֹאָה) it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
• Proverbs 1:27 — When your fear cometh as desolation (כְשׁוֹאָ֨ה), and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
• Proverbs 3:25 — Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation (וּמִשֹּׁאַ֥ת) of the wicked, when it cometh.
• Isaiah 10:3 — And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation (וּלְשׁוֹאָ֖ה) which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
• Isaiah 47:11 — Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation (שׁוֹאָ֖ה) shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
• Ezekiel 38:9 — Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm (כַּשֹּׁאָ֣ה), thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
• Zephaniah 1:15 — That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness (שֹׁאָה֙) and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,