Strongs Number: H8045
| Hebrew Word: | שָׁמַד |
| Transliteration: | shâmad |
| Phonetic: | shaw-mad' |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | to desolate |
| BDB Definition: |
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. |