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H8155 שָׁסַס (shâçaç) shaw-sas'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to plunder

Strong's Definition

to plunder

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: rifle, spoil.

TWOT Reference: 2426

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to plunder, spoil
1a) (Qal) to plunder
1b) (Niphal) to be plundered, be rifled

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁסַס (sha.sas) — to plunder. 1) to plunder, spoil 1a) (Qal) to plunder 1b) (Niphal) to be plundered, be rifled Also means: sha.as (שָׁאַס "to spoil" H7601)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · מְשִׁסָּה · שׁאס · שׁסה

Possess | verb qal, verb nif

to plunder, to pillage, to loot = action by which humans take all sorts of goods (including people and animals) by force from an enemy in war

JDG 2:14 · 1SA 17:53 · PSA 89:42 · ISA 13:16 · ZEC 14:2

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שָׁסַס] vb. id. [שָׁסָה] Qal they have plundered him

Niph. be plundered

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Bible Occurrences (6)

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