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# שֹׁד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7701

**violence** — used 25 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

violence [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7701/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֹׁד²: n.m. violence, havoc, devastation, ruin [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7701/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (v. infr.) n.m. violence, havoc, devastation, ruin;—שׁ׳ abs. Ho 7:13 +; cstr. Is 22:4 +;— violence, havoc, as social sin: חָמָס וָשֹׁד Am 3:10; Je 6:7; 20:8; Ez 45:9, שׁ׳ וְח׳ Hb 1:3, כָּזָב וָשׁ׳ Ho 12:2 (l. וָשָׁוְא, 𝔊 We Marti al.), שׁ׳ יָשֶׁבֶר Is 59:7; 60:18; Pr 24:2 (‖ עָמָל; שׁ׳ רְשָׁעִים Pr 21:7; c. genit. obj. שׁ׳ עֲנִיִּים ψ 12:6. devastation, ruin, for nation Ho 7:13, כְּשֹׁד מִשַּׁדַּי יָבוֹא Is 13:6 (sim. of יוֹם י׳) = Jo 1:15; Is 16:4; (Lo Gr CheHpt Marti שֹׁדֵד; ‖ רֹמֵס), 22:4, שׁ׳ וְשֶׁבֶר 51:19; Je 48:3; more gen. Am 5:9(×2); for individ. Jb 5:21 (van d. H. שׁוֹד), v 22; for beasts Hb 2:17 (+ חֲמַס לְבָנוֹן).—Ho 10:14 v. שׁדד Inf.—מִשֹּׁר (הָֽלְכוּ) Ho 9:6 read אַשּׁוּר We Now Marti.—ii. שֹׁד, v. שׁדה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: devastation (15); violence (3); destruction (2).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 48:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.3/#tree)

ק֥וֹל צְעָקָ֖ה מֵחֹֽרוֹנָ֑יִם שֹׁ֖ד וָשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].sound of.a.cry.of.distress from Horonaim devastation and destruction great

*JPS 1917:* Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!

[Proverbs 21:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.7/#tree)

שֹׁד־רְשָׁעִ֥ים יְגוֹרֵ֑ם כִּ֥י מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].violence of.wicked.\[people\] it will.drag.them.away (dm) they.refuse to do justice

*JPS 1917:* The violence of the wicked shall drag them away; because they refuse to do justly.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7701.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7701/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).