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me.sham.mah H4923

מְשַׁמָּה (me.sham.mah) means “devastation” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מְשַׁמָּה Hebrew · H4923 7 tagged occurrences in 7 verses

Pronunciation guide: mesh-am-maw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4923

מְשַׁמָּה · me.sham.mah · devastation

1) devastation, horror 1a) devastation, waste 1b) horror

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H8074 (שָׁמֵם); a waste or amazement

KJV glosses: astonishment, desolate.

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How translators render H4923

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
waste 4
and a horror 1
dried up 1
have dried up 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
most 2
shall be desolate 2
and an astonishment 1
thee most 1
yea more desolate 1

Verses containing H4923

Page 1 of 1. 7 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Isaiah 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.

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  2. Jeremiah 48:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

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  3. Ezekiel 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

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  4. Ezekiel 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

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  5. Ezekiel 33:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

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  6. Ezekiel 33:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’

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  7. Ezekiel 35:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

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Sources and text

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