שְׁאִיָּה
shᵉʼîyâh · H7591 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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waste, desolation
State in which buildings and infrastructure have been destroyed
ExamplesIsaiah 24:12 Desolation is left in the city And the gate is battered to ruins.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- שֹׁד shôd · H7701 · violence, devastation, plundering
- Common Hebrew term for violent destruction and devastation; interchangeable in contexts describing catastrophic ruin, though שֹׁד often emphasizes the violent nature of the destruction.
- כָּלָה kâlâh · H3617 · completely, imminent
- Hebrew term for total destruction or complete end; can substitute for destruction terminology where the sense is utter ruin or consumption.
- שֶׁבֶר sheber · H7667 · breaking, breach, injury
- Hebrew word for destruction emphasizing the breaking or shattering aspect; can serve as synonym in contexts of ruin and devastation.
Contrasting words 2 words
- בִּנְיָן binyân · H1146 · building, structure
- Direct lexical opposite: building/construction versus destruction; represents the conceptual antonym of creating/erecting rather than destroying.
- יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh · H3444 · success, salvation, deliverance
- Lexical opposite in the sense that salvation/deliverance stands against destruction/ruin; where destruction brings ruin, salvation brings rescue and preservation.
In the other Testament 2 words
- ὄλεθρος ólethros · G3639 · ruin, destruction, to destroy
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew destruction terminology; widely used in LXX for Hebrew destruction words and shares the core sense of devastation/ruin.
- ἀπώλεια apṓleia · G684 · destruction, waste, ruin
- Another common Greek equivalent for Hebrew destruction vocabulary; denotes complete ruin or loss and is frequently employed in LXX contexts for catastrophic destruction.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- Isaiah 24:12 says, "Desolation is left in the city and the gate is battered to ruins," directly attesting the destructive blow this word denotes.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7591. sheiyyah שְׁאִיָּה noun feminine ruin; — Isa 24:12 (late).
שְׁאִיָּה noun feminine ruin; — Isa 24:12 (late).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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