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It conveys a sense of overwhelming destruction, typically as a result of God's wrath or as a consequence of sin. The term is used to depict both physical devastation and moral or spiritual desolation.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near Eastern context, desolation was a common theme in prophetic literature, often symbolizing the consequences of turning away from God. The Israelites understood desolation as a direct result of covenant unfaithfulness, where God would allow foreign nations to bring destruction as a form of divine discipline. This concept was deeply embedded in the covenantal relationship between God and His people, where blessings and curses were contingent upon obedience to God's laws.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>perhaps a ravage<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>ravages (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">שׁוֺא</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>ravage</b></font> (?); — plural suffix <font class="hebrew2">שֹׁאֵיהֶם</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-17.htm">Psalm 35:17</a> rescue me from <em>their ravages</em> (si vera lectio); <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">κακουργία</font>; Ol Dy Gr Che<sup>Comm. plausibly</sup> <font class="hebrew2">שַׁאֲגָם</font> <em>their roaring</em>, compare <a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-16.htm">Psalm 35:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-17.htm">Psalm 35:17</a> c; We Du <font class="hebrew2">שֹׁאֲגִים</font>. <p> <font class="hebrew2">שׁוֺאָה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">שֹׁאָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>devastation, ruin, waste</b></font>; — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שׁו</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3</a> +, <font class="hebrew2">שֹׁאָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/30-14.htm">Job 30:14</a> (+ <a href="/interlinear/job/38-27.htm">Job 38:27</a> van d. H. Gi, but see Baer's note); construct <font class="hebrew2">שֹׁאַת</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/3-25.htm">Proverbs 3:25</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>devastation, ruin</em>, as coming on person, <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11</a> (Babylon personified), <a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-8.htm">Psalm 35:8</a>; a <a href="/interlinear/psalms/63-10.htm">Psalm 63:10</a>; <font class="hebrew2">שֹׁאַת רְשָׁעִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/3-25.htm">Proverbs 3:25</a> (object Genitive; "" <font class="hebrew2">מַּחַד</font>); <font class="hebrew2">וּמְשׁוֺאָה</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">(יוֺם)שׁ</font> <a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a>; probably = <em>devastating storm</em>, in simile <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/38-9.htm">Ezekiel 38:9</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">עָנָן</font>), <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27</a> (Qr; Kt <font class="hebrew2">שׁאוה</font>; "" <font class="hebrew2">סוּפָה</font>). — <a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-8.htm">Psalm 35:8</a>b read probably <font class="hebrew2">שַׁחְתֹּה</font> <em>his pit</em>, <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ6</font> We (compare <a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-7.htm">Psalm 35:7</a>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>concretely</b></font>, <em>ruin, waste</em>, of the desert, <a href="/interlinear/job/30-3.htm">Job 30:3</a> (reading <font class="hebrew2">אֶרֶץ</font> for <font class="hebrew2">אֶמֶשׁ</font> Ol; otherwise below <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font>), <font class="hebrew2">וּמְשׁוֺאָה</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שׁ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/38-27.htm">Job 38:27</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מִדְבָּר</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/38-26.htm">Job 38:26</a>); = <em>ruins</em> <a href="/interlinear/job/30-14.htm">Job 30:14</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>desolation, destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness <p>Or (feminine) showtah {sho-aw'}; or shoah {sho-aw'}; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation -- desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>אה בְּ֝שׁוֹאָ֗ה בשואה וּלְשׁוֹאָ֖ה וּמִשֹּׁאַ֥ת ולשואה ומשאת כַּשֹּׁאָ֣ה כשאה לְ֭שׁוֹאָה לשואה מִשֹּׁאֵיהֶ֑ם משאיהם שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה שֹׁ֭אָה שֹׁאָה֙ שׁוֹאָ֖ה שׁוֹאָ֥ה שׁוֹאָה֮ שאה שואה ’āh Ah bə·šō·w·’āh beshoAh bəšōw’āh kaš·šō·’āh kashshoAh kaššō’āh lə·šō·w·’āh Leshoah ləšōw’āh miš·šō·’ê·hem mishshoeiHem miššō’êhem shoAh šō’āh šō·’āh šō·w·’āh šōw’āh ū·lə·šō·w·’āh ū·miš·šō·’aṯ uleshoAh ūləšōw’āh umishshoAt ūmiššō’aṯ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/job/30-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 30:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">צִיָּ֑ה אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ <b> שׁוֹאָ֥ה </b> וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃ </span><br><a href="/kjvs/job/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in former time <span class="itali">desolate</span> and waste.<br><a href="/interlinear/job/30-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the dry night <span class="itali">desolate</span> and desolation<p><b><a href="/text/job/30-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 30:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת <b> שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה </b> הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃ </span><br><a href="/kjvs/job/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in [of waters]: in <span class="itali">the desolation</span> they rolled<br><a href="/interlinear/job/30-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> come Amid <span class="itali">the desolation</span> roll<p><b><a href="/text/job/38-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 38:27</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/38.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ <b> שֹׁ֭אָה </b> וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/job/38.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> To satisfy <span class="itali">the desolate</span> and waste<br><a href="/interlinear/job/38-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to satisfy <span class="itali">the desolate</span> and desolate forth<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/35-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 35:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/35.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> תְּבוֹאֵ֣הוּ <b> שׁוֹאָה֮ </b> לֹֽא־ יֵ֫דָ֥ע</span><br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/35.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Let destruction</span> come<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> come <span class="itali">destruction</span> not acknowledge<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/35-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 35:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/35.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">טָמַ֣ן תִּלְכְּד֑וֹ <b> בְּ֝שׁוֹאָ֗ה </b> יִפָּל־ בָּֽהּ׃</span><br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/35.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> catch <span class="itali">himself: into that very destruction</span> let him fall.<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> hid catch <span class="itali">destruction</span> fall<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/35-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 35:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/35.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָשִׁ֣יבָה נַ֭פְשִׁי <b> מִשֹּׁאֵיהֶ֑ם </b> מִ֝כְּפִירִ֗ים יְחִידָתִֽי׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/35.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> my soul <span class="itali">from their ravages,</span> My only<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/35.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> my soul <span class="itali">from their destructions,</span> my darling<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/35-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Rescue my soul <span class="itali">their ravages</span> the lions my only<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/63-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 63:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/63.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְהֵ֗מָּה <b> לְ֭שׁוֹאָה </b> יְבַקְשׁ֣וּ נַפְשִׁ֑י</span><br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/63.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> my soul, <span class="itali">to destroy</span> [it], shall go<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/63-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> those <span class="itali">to destroy</span> seek my life<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/3-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 3:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִפַּ֣חַד פִּתְאֹ֑ם <b> וּמִשֹּׁאַ֥ת </b> רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים כִּ֣י</span><br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> fear, <span class="itali">neither of the desolation</span> of the wicked,<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/3-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> fear of sudden <span class="itali">of the desolation</span> of the wicked when<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/10-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 10:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְי֣וֹם פְּקֻדָּ֔ה <b> וּלְשׁוֹאָ֖ה </b> מִמֶּרְחָ֣ק תָּב֑וֹא</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of visitation, <span class="itali">and in the desolation</span> [which] shall come<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/10-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the day of punishment <span class="itali">the desolation</span> afar will come<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/47-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 47:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/47.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עָלַ֧יִךְ פִּתְאֹ֛ם <b> שׁוֹאָ֖ה </b> לֹ֥א תֵדָֽעִי׃</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/47.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to put it off: <span class="itali">and desolation</span> shall come<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/47-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> on suddenly <span class="itali">and desolation</span> not know<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/38-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 38:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/38.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְעָלִ֙יתָ֙ <b> כַּשֹּׁאָ֣ה </b> תָב֔וֹא כֶּעָנָ֛ן</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/38.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and come <span class="itali">like a storm,</span> thou shalt be like a cloud<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/38-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will go <span class="itali">A storm</span> will come A cloud<p><b><a href="/text/zephaniah/1-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zephaniah 1:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּמְצוּקָ֗ה י֤וֹם <b> שֹׁאָה֙ </b> וּמְשׁוֹאָ֔ה י֥וֹם</span><br><a href="/kjvs/zephaniah/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a day <span class="itali">of wasteness</span> and desolation,<br><a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/1-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and distress A day <span class="itali">of wasteness</span> and desolation A day<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7722.htm">12 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7722.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7722<br>12 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/ah_7722.htm">’āh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/beshoah_7722.htm">bə·šō·w·’āh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kashshoah_7722.htm">kaš·šō·’āh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/leshoah_7722.htm">lə·šō·w·’āh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mishshoeihem_7722.htm">miš·šō·’ê·hem — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shoah_7722.htm">šō·w·’āh — 5 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/uleshoah_7722.htm">ū·lə·šō·w·’āh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/umishshoat_7722.htm">ū·miš·šō·’aṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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