Quick Definition
to beat
Strong's Definition
to demolish
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: impoverish.
TWOT Reference: 2224
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to beat down, shatter
1a) (Poel) to beat down, shatter
1b) (Pual) to be beaten down
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָשַׁשׁ (ra.shash) — to beat. 1) to beat down, shatter 1a) (Poel) to beat down, shatter 1b) (Pual) to be beaten down
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רָשַׁשׁ] vb. Pō‛ēl beat down, shatter Pu. we are beaten down.
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