שָׁסָה
shâçâh · shaw-saw'
to plunder
Lexicon
Derivation: or שָׁשָׂה; (Isaiah 10:13), a primitive root;
to plunder
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: destroyer, rob, spoil(-er).
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
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to support and uphold › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy that works to support and uphold that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁסָה 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of spoilers2 · 17%
- of those that spoiled1 · 8%
- of them that spoiled1 · 8%
- and they rob1 · 8%
- us spoil1 · 8%
- and have robbed1 · 8%
- of them that spoil1 · 8%
- and spoiled1 · 8%
- and they that spoil1 · 8%
- o ye destroyers1 · 8%
- he shall spoil1 · 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.