H4923 - מְשַׁמָּה (mᵉshammâh)

H4923 מְשַׁמָּה (mᵉshammâh) mesh-am-maw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

devastation

Strong's Definition

a waste or amazement

Derivation: from H8074 (שָׁמֵם);

KJV Usage: astonishment, desolate.

TWOT Reference: 2409f

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) devastation, horror

1a) devastation, waste

1b) horror

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2048 G3639

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) devastation, horror 1a) devastation, waste 1b) horror

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְשַׁמָּה meshammâh BDB Definition: 1) devastation, horror 1a) devastation, waste 1b) horror Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8074 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2409f Total KJV Occurrences: 2

Bible Occurrences (7)

15:6

48:34

5:15 6:14 33:28 33:29 35:3

Isaiah 15:6

The waters of Nimrim are... dried up, [and] the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, [and] the greenery is no more.

Jeremiah 48:34

There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah...; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

Ezekiel 5:15

So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Ezekiel 6:14

I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 33:28

I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

Ezekiel 33:29

Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.

Ezekiel 35:3

and declare... that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.