שׁוֹא
shôwʼ · sho
a tempest; by implication, devastation
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה; or שֹׁאָה; from an unused root meaning to rush over;
a tempest; by implication, devastation
- a tempest
- by implication, devastation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׁוֹא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- desolate1 · 8%
- the desolation1 · 8%
- the desolate1 · 8%
- let destruction1 · 8%
- himself: into that very destruction1 · 8%
- from their destructions1 · 8%
- to destroy1 · 8%
- as desolation1 · 8%
- neither of the desolation1 · 8%
- and in the desolation1 · 8%
- and desolation1 · 8%
- like a storm1 · 8%
- of wasteness1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.