Word

שָׁסָה

shâçâh · H8154 · Hebrew · 11 occurrences

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Meanings

to plunder, to pillage, to loot

Action by which humans take all sorts of goods (including people and animals) by force from an enemy in war

Examples
Judges 2:14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He handed them over to plunderers, and they plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand against their enemies.
Judges 2:16 Then the LORD raised up judges who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 1
הֵםthey, them 1
שָׂנֵאto hate 1
Not stated: I 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

גֹּרֶןthreshing floor 1
אוֹצָרtreasure, storehouse, treasury 1
עָתוּדtreasures 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for+ הֶםthem 1

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

4 occurrences in 4 groups

נַחֲלָהinheritance, heritage 1
הוּhis 1
נוּus 1
הֶםthem 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

5 occurrences in 2 groups

יָדhand, power 4
חֵלֶקportion, share, part 1

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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In the other Testament 1 word

διαρπάζω diarpázō · G1283 · to plunder, to rob: Greek διαρπάζω renders Hebrew שָׁסָה in contexts of violent plundering or spoiling, capturing the same core semantic of forcible seizure and despoliation.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Possess002003002019: This verb denotes plundering or dispossessing another of goods, as in Judges 2:14's account of the LORD handing Israel over to plunderers who despoiled them.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8154. shasah [שָׁסָה] verb spoil, plunder (rarer synonym of בזז שׁלל,; with this √…

H8154. shasah
[שָׁסָה] verb spoil, plunder (rarer synonym of בזז שׁלל,; with this √ WMMAs.u.Eur.131 connects Egyptian name of Beduin plunderers Šôs [Ša-su, ša-sa]; connection doubted by JenZA x (1895), 331); —
Qal Perfect3plural לָ֫מוֺ שָׁ֫סוּ Psa 44:11 they plunder for themselves; Imperfect3masculine singular וגו אוֺצַר ׳יִשְׁסֶה. Hos 13:15 elsewhere Participle שֹׁסֶים plunderers Jdg 2:14; 2Ki 17:20; with accusative of location 1Sa 23:1; with suffix (as object) שֹׁסֵ֫הוּ 1Sa 14:48 (probably plural = שֹׁסֵ֫יהוּ, so Stap. 355 Dr Bu, compare Ges§ 91k), שׁוֺסֵ֫ינוּ Isa 17:14 (|| בֹּזְזֵינוּ), שֹׁסֵיהֶם Jdg 2:16; שֹׁסַ֫יִח Jer 30:16 Qr (Kt see שסס; || בֹּזְזַיִח); construct (נַחֲלָתִי שֹׁסֵי Jer 50:11; passive וְשָׁסוּי עַםבָּֿזוּז Isa 42:22.
Po`.=Qal Perfect1singular שׁוֺשֵׂתִי (Ges§ 6k) Isa 10:13, with accusative of thing; read also probably Participle מְשׁוֺסֶה Isa 42:24 (|| בֹּזְזִים), for משוסה Kt, מְשִׁסָּה Qr; so Du Klo CheHpt Marti.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Possess11 occurrences

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