Strongs Number: H8045
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁמַד
- Transliteration
- shâmad
- Phonetic
- shaw-mad'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to desolate
- BDB Definition
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1. to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated
a. (Niphal)
1. to be annihilated, be exterminated
2. to be destroyed, be devastated
b. (Hiphil)
1. to annihilate, exterminate
2. to destroy
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- destroy ({-uction}) bring to {nought} {overthrow} {perish} pluck {down} X-(idiom) utterly.