8045 – שָׁמַד (shamad)

to destroy

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	שָׁמַד (shamad)
Pronunciation:	sha-mad    Listen
Gematria:	344(300 + 40 + 4)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	90 times in OT

Description

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

Synonyms

שָׁמַד	shamad		H8045	(90 ggr)	to destroy
אָבַד	avad		H0006	(184 ggr)	to perish
אָלַח	alach		H0444	(3 ggr)	to corrupt
בָּלַק	balaq		H1110	(2 ggr)	to waste
חָרַם	charam		H2763a	(51 ggr)	to devote/destroy
כָּחַד	kachad		H3582	(32 ggr)	to hide
סָעַף	saaf		H5586	(1 ggr)	to lop
פּוּר	por		H6331	(3 ggr)	to break
שָׁדַד	shadad		H7703	(57 ggr)	to ruin
שָׁחַת	shachat		H7843	(146 ggr)	to ruin
שָׁסָה	shasah		H8154	(11 ggr)	to plunder
שָׁסַס	shasas		H8155	(6 ggr)	to plunder

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word shamad was translated to the following:

ἀπόλλυμι	apollumi	G0622	perish
ἀπώλεια	apoleia	G0684	perdition
ἀφανίζω	aphanizo	G0853	corrupt
ἀφανισμός	aphanismos	G0854	vanish away
ἐξαίρω	exairo	G1808	take away
ἐξεγείρω	exegeiro	G1825	raise up
ἐξολοθρεύω	exolothreuo	G1842	destroy
ἐρημόω	eremoo	G2049	bring to desolation
ξηραίνω	xeraino	G3583	wither away
ὀλοθρεύω	olothreuo	G3645	destroy
συντρίβω	suntribo	G4937	bruise

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