H8154 - שָׁסָה (shâçâh)

H8154 שָׁסָה (shâçâh) shaw-saw'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to plunder

Strong's Definition

to plunder

Derivation: or שָׁשָׂה; (Isaiah 10:13), a primitive root;

KJV Usage: destroyer, rob, spoil(-er).

TWOT Reference: 2425

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to spoil, plunder, take spoil

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to plunder

1a2) plunderers (participle)

1b) (Poel) to plunder

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G1283 G2662

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) to spoil, plunder, take spoil 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to plunder 1a2) plunderers (participle) 1b) (Poel) to plunder

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁשָׂה / שָׁסָה shâsâh / shâśâh BDB Definition: 1) to spoil, plunder, take spoil 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to plunder 1a2) plunderers (participle) 1b) (Poel) to plunder Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 2425 Total KJV Occurrences: 11

Bible Occurrences (11)

2:14 2:16

14:48 23:1

17:20

44:10

10:13 17:14 42:22

50:11

13:15

Judges 2:14

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist... -.

Judges 2:16

Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.

1 Samuel 14:48

He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.

1 Samuel 23:1

Now it was reported to David..., Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah... and looting the threshing floors.”

2 Kings 17:20

So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.

Isaiah 10:13

For he says: By the strength of my hand I have done [this], and [by my] wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

Isaiah 17:14

In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This [is] the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.

Isaiah 42:22

But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons.... They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, Send them back!