שָׁסַס
shâçaç · H8155 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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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
ExamplesJudges 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.
1 Samuel 17:53 Then the sons of Israel returned from their close pursuit of the Philistines, and plundered their camps.
Psalm 89:41 All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a disgrace to his neighbors.
How it’s used In 4 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
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 2
- Not stated: they 2
- עָבַרto pass 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- מַחֲנֶהcamp, army 1
- וֹhim 1
- הֶםthem 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ךְyou 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 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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Near synonyms 1 word
- בָּזַז bâzaz · H962 · to plunder, to pillage, to loot
- בָּזַז (bazaz) is a near-synonym for plundering or taking spoil, frequently used in contexts of military conquest and despoiling, closely overlapping with שָׁסַס in meaning.
In the other Testament 1 word
- διαρπάζω diarpázō · G1283 · to plunder, to rob
- διαρπάζω (diarpazo) is the standard Greek verb for plundering or spoiling, closely matching the sense of שָׁסַס as 'to rifle, spoil' in military or violent contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Possess002003002019
- This verb denotes plundering or seizing another's goods by force, as in Jeremiah 30:16's oracle that all who plunder Israel will themselves be turned into plunder.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8155. shasas [שָׁסַס] verb id. (|| from of שׁסה); — Qal Perfect3plural שַׁסֻּ֫הוּ Psa…
[שָׁסַס] verb id. (|| from of שׁסה); —
Qal Perfect3plural שַׁסֻּ֫הוּ Psa 89:42 they have plundered him; Imperfect3masculine plural וַיָּשֹׁ֫סּוּ Jdg 2:14 (accusative of person); 1Sa 17:53 (accusative of location); participle suffix שֹׁאֲסַיִךְ Jer 30:16 Kt (Qr see שׁסה), Aramaic form, Ges§ 67s.
Niph`al be plundered, rifled, of houses: Perfect3plural consecutive וְנָשַׁ֫סּוּ Zec 14:2; Imperfect3masculine plural יִשַּׁ֫סּוּ Isa 13:16.
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
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