שָׁסָה
sha.sah
“to plunder”
Definition
to plunder
or שָׁשָׂה; (Isaiah 10:13), a primitive root;
- to spoil, plunder, take spoil 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to plunder 1a2) plunderers (participle) 1b) (Poel) to plunder
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
שָׁסָה appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
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.
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 nationsand plundered their treasures;like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
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!”
Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
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