שָׁדַד

Strong’s Definition

properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), [idiom] utterly, (lay) waste.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin, destroy, spoil
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be utterly ruined
• 4.(piel)
• 5.(pual) to be devastated
• 6.(poel) to violently destroy
• 7.(hophal) to be devastated

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâdad; Pronunciation: shaw-dad'