שָׁמַד (sha.mad) means “to destroy” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shaw-mad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
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)
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a primitive root; to desolate
KJV glosses: destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to destroy | 6 |
| will be destroyed | 6 |
| you are destroyed | 5 |
| be destroyed | 3 |
| destroyed | 3 |
| had destroyed | 3 |
| and destroy | 2 |
| and destroyed them | 2 |
| he destroyed | 2 |
| he has destroyed | 2 |
| i will destroy | 2 |
| to destruction | 2 |
| and demolish | 1 |
| and destroy him | 1 |
| and destruction | 1 |
| and exterminate them | 1 |
| and he will wipe you | 1 |
| and i will destroy | 1 |
| and to destroy | 1 |
| and wipe out | 1 |
| being annihilated | 1 |
| but destroyed them all | 1 |
| demolish | 1 |
| destroy | 1 |
| destroy him | 1 |
| destroy them | 1 |
| destroy you | 1 |
| destroyed them | 1 |
| enough to destroy you | 1 |
| eradicated | 1 |
| for the destruction of the jews | 1 |
| have been destroyed | 1 |
| he had destroyed them | 1 |
| he will destroy | 1 |
| he will destroy them | 1 |
| he would destroy | 1 |
| he would destroy them | 1 |
| i will destroy you | 1 |
| of destruction | 1 |
| or eliminated | 1 |
| or wipe out | 1 |
| so that i may destroy them | 1 |
| then we will cut off | 1 |
| they are destroyed | 1 |
| they destroyed the horites | 1 |
| they had completely destroyed them | 1 |
| they have been destroyed | 1 |
| to be annihilated | 1 |
| to destroy him | 1 |
| to exterminate us | 1 |
| utterly destroy | 1 |
| were destroyed by | 1 |
| when i destroyed them | 1 |
| who destroyed | 1 |
| who perished | 1 |
| who would cut off | 1 |
| will be utterly destroyed | 1 |
| will destroy | 1 |
| with the order to destroy | 1 |
| yet i destroyed | 1 |
| you remove | 1 |
| you will annihilate them | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to destroy | 9 |
| destroyed | 5 |
| destroy | 4 |
| shall be destroyed | 4 |
| and i will destroy | 3 |
| and destroy | 2 |
| and destroyed | 2 |
| and to destroy | 2 |
| until he have destroyed | 2 |
| until thou be destroyed | 2 |
| upon thee until thou be destroyed | 2 |
| against thee and destroy | 1 |
| against you and destroy | 1 |
| against you to destroy | 1 |
| and he shall destroy | 1 |
| and i destroyed | 1 |
| and i shall be destroyed | 1 |
| and quite pluck down | 1 |
| and we will destroy | 1 |
| are destroyed | 1 |
| be destroyed | 1 |
| but i will destroy | 1 |
| but that he might destroy | 1 |
| from them and destroyed | 1 |
| had destroyed | 1 |
| hath destroyed | 1 |
| he shall destroy | 1 |
| he will destroy | 1 |
| he would destroy | 1 |
| i will destroy | 1 |
| lest they destroy | 1 |
| me and that thou wilt not destroy | 1 |
| nor destroyed | 1 |
| of destruction | 1 |
| of thee so will i destroy | 1 |
| of them whom he destroyed | 1 |
| perished | 1 |
| shall be overthrown | 1 |
| that he would destroy | 1 |
| that i may destroy | 1 |
| that i will not utterly | 1 |
| that they be destroyed | 1 |
| that they shall be destroyed | 1 |
| thee till thou be destroyed | 1 |
| thee until thou have destroyed | 1 |
| them when they had destroyed | 1 |
| thereof shall be destroyed | 1 |
| they did not destroy | 1 |
| till he had destroyed | 1 |
| to be destroyed | 1 |
| to have destroyed | 1 |
| until he had destroyed | 1 |
| until they be destroyed | 1 |
| until they had destroyed | 1 |
| upon him and will destroy | 1 |
| upon it but shall utterly | 1 |
| we should be destroyed | 1 |
| when he destroyed | 1 |
| will he destroy | 1 |
| with you to have destroyed | 1 |
| ye destroy | 1 |
| yet destroyed | 1 |
| yet i destroyed | 1 |
| you and to bring you to nought | 1 |
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But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
Read word by wordAnd now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
Read word by wordThe Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
Read word by wordSo Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
Read word by wordAnd when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
Read word by wordAnd the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
Read word by wordMordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
Read word by wordFor my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
Read word by wordBy these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
Read word by wordBut the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
Read word by wordwho perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 83.11
that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 92.8
So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
Read word by wordThey did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
Read word by wordThe LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
Read word by wordThe house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Read word by wordBut this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
Read word by wordBehold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
Read word by word“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
Read word by wordThe LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
Read word by wordThe dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.
Read word by wordYour descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”
Read word by wordThe destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
Read word by wordMoab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
Read word by wordYou will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
Read word by wordBut if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
Read word by wordtherefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’
Read word by wordI will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.
Read word by wordI will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
Read word by wordBut news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.
Read word by wordThe high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
Read word by wordYet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
Read word by wordSurely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordI will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.13
I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.
Read word by wordSo on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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