שׁוֹא

Strong’s Definition

a tempest; by implication, devastation

Etymology & Derivation

or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה; or שֹׁאָה; from an unused root meaning to rush over;

KJV Usage

desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.(n m) ravage
• 2.devastation, ruin
• 3.ruin, waste (of land)
• 4.(n f) devastation, ruin, waste

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shôwʼ; Pronunciation: sho