H8045 שָׁמַד (shâmad) shaw-mad'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to destroy

Strong's Definition

to desolate

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.

TWOT Reference: 2406

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated

1a) (Niphal)

1a1) to be annihilated, be exterminated

1a2) to be destroyed, be devastated

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to annihilate, exterminate

1b2) to destroy

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G622 G684 G853 G854 G1808 G1825 G1842 G2049 G3583 G3645 G4937

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁמַד (sha.mad) — to destroy. 1) to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be annihilated, be exterminated 1a2) to be destroyed, be devastated 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to annihilate, exterminate 1b2) to destroy Aramaic equivalent: she.mad (שְׁמַד "to destroy" H8046)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁמד (H8045 · A8046)

verb · שֶׁמֶד

Non-Exist | verb hif, verb haf'el, verb nif | ≈ אבד · הפך · הרג · חרם · כחד · כלה · כרת · מות · מחה · נכה · נפל | ≠ פרח · שׁמר

to destroy, to exterminate, to wipe out, to demolish = causative action by which humans, deities, or events completely remove humans, animals, or objects from existence; ◄ by (a usually unnatural) death, aggression, hardship, disaster, destruction, or direct divine intervention; ► often as punishment

GEN 34:30 · LEV 26:30 · NUM 33:52 · DEU 1:27 · DEU 2:12 · DEU 2:21 · DEU 2:22 · DEU 2:23 · DEU 4:3 · DEU 4:26 · DEU 4:26 · DEU 6:15 · DEU 7:4 · DEU 7:23 · DEU 7:24 · DEU 9:3 · DEU 9:8 · DEU 9:14 · DEU 9:19 · DEU 9:20 · DEU 9:25 · DEU 12:30 · DEU 28:20 · DEU 28:24 · DEU 28:45 · DEU 28:48 · DEU 28:51 · DEU 28:61 · DEU 28:63 · DEU 31:3 · DEU 31:4 · DEU 33:27 · JOS 7:12 · JOS 9:24 · JOS 11:14 · JOS 11:20 · JOS 23:15 · JOS 24:8 · JDG 21:16 · 1SA 24:22 · 2SA 14:7 · 2SA 14:11 · 2SA 14:16 · 2SA 21:5 · 2SA 22:38 · 1KI 13:34 · 1KI 15:29 · 1KI 16:12 · 2KI 10:17 · 2KI 10:28 · 2KI 21:9 · 1CH 5:25 · 2CH 20:10 · 2CH 20:23 · 2CH 33:9 · EST 3:6 · EST 3:13 · EST 4:8 · EST 7:4 · EST 8:11 · PSA 37:38 · PSA 83:11 · PSA 92:8 · PSA 106:23 · PSA 106:34 · PSA 145:20 · PRO 14:11 · ISA 10:7 · ISA 13:9 · ISA 14:23 · ISA 23:11 · ISA 26:14 · ISA 48:19 · JER 48:8 · JER 48:42 · LAM 3:66 · EZK 14:9 · EZK 25:7 · EZK 32:12 · EZK 34:16 · DAN 7:26 · DAN 11:44 · HOS 10:8 · AMO 2:9 · AMO 2:9 · AMO 9:8 · AMO 9:8 · AMO 9:8 · MIC 5:13 · HAG 2:22 · ZEC 12:9

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שָׁמַד] 90 vb. Niph. be exterminated, destroyed Hiph. 69 annihilate, exterminate

destroy

base

Bible Occurrences (86)

34:30

26:30

33:52

1:27 2:12 2:21 2:22 2:23 4:3 4:26 6:15 7:4 7:23 7:24 9:3 9:8 9:14 9:19 9:20 9:25 12:30 28:20 28:24 28:45 28:48 28:51 28:61 28:63 31:3 31:4 33:27

7:12 9:24 11:14 11:20 23:15 24:8

21:16

24:21

14:7 14:11 14:16 21:5 22:38

13:34 15:29 16:12

10:17 10:28 21:9

5:25

20:10 20:23 33:9

3:6 3:13 4:8 7:4 8:11

37:38 83:10 92:7 106:23 106:34 145:20

14:11

10:7 13:9 14:23 23:11 26:14 48:19

48:8 48:42

3:66

14:9 25:7 32:12 34:16

11:44

10:8

2:9 9:8

5:14

2:22

12:9

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon... and Levi, You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

Numbers 33:52

you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

Deuteronomy 1:27

You grumbled in your tents and said,... Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated.

Deuteronomy 2:12

The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed [the Horites] from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.

Deuteronomy 2:21

[They were] a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before [the Ammonites], who drove them out and settled in their place,

Deuteronomy 2:22

just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

Deuteronomy 2:23

And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.