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1 Kings 16:12
“Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁמַדshâmad · shaw-mad'
H8045 · Hebrew
H8045 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to desolate
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יַּשְׁמֵ֣ד — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 90 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 34:30Leviticus 26:30Numbers 33:52Deuteronomy 1:27Deuteronomy 2:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁמַד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.