Strong's Definition
a tempest; by implication, devastation
Derivation: or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה; or שֹׁאָה; from an unused root meaning to rush over;
KJV Usage: desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
TWOT Reference: 2339,a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שׁוֹא (sho) — ravage. ravage
שׁוֹאָה (sho.ah) — devastation. 1) devastation, ruin, waste 1a) devastation, ruin 1b) ruin, waste (of land)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁאה
1 ISA 30:28 RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT "destruction" CEV "destroys" | MT NJPS "misguiding" = שָׁוְא
noun f · שׁאה
Impact
Collocation: שֹׁואָה וּמְשֹׁואָה
total desolation, total destruction = state in which buildings and infrastructure have been totally destroyed
Air | ≈ סוּפָה
devastating storm literally: destruction; hence: = a strong wind that destroys everything in its way
1 PRO 1:27 MT-K כשׁאוה | MT-Q כְשֹׁואָה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שׁוֹא] n.[m.] ravage (?) base
שׁוֹאָה, שֹׁאָה n.f. devastation, ruin, waste base