שֹׁד
shod
“violence”
Definition
violence, ravage
or שׁוֹד; (Job 5:21), from H7736 (שׁוּד);
- havoc, violence, destruction, devastation, ruin 1a) violence, havoc (as social sin) 1b) devastation, ruin
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
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H:N-M
Occurrences
שֹׁד appears 22 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“For they know not how to do right,”declares the LORD.“They store up violence and destructionin their citadels.”
For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you,and the destruction of animals will terrify you,because of your bloodshed against menand your violence against the land, the city,and all their dwellers.
Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near;it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Their feet run to evil;they are swift to shed innocent blood.Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
As a well gushes its water,so she pours out her evil.Violence and destruction resound in her;sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.