שָׁשָׁא
shâshâʼ · shaw-shaw'
to annihilate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; apparently,
to annihilate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: leave by the sixth part (by confusion with H8341 (שָׁשָׁה)).
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
- 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
- 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 consume, to destroy › strength, the leader
To consume, to destroy that works to consume, to destroy of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁשָׁא 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and leave but the sixth part1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
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.