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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H8074 - Destroy

Strong's No.:H8074

Hebrew:שָׁמֵם

Transliteration:shâmêm

Phonetic:shaw-mame'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:make {amazed} be {astonied} (be an) astonish ({-ment}) ({be} bring {into} {unto} {lay} {lie} make) desolate ({-ion} {places}) be {destitute} destroy ({self}) ({lay} {lie} make) {waste} wonder.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to stun (or intransitively grow {numb }) that {is} devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy

a. (Qal)

1. to be desolated, be deflowered, be deserted, be appalled

2. to be appalled, be awestruck

b. (Niphal)

1. to be desolated, be made desolate

2. to be appalled

c. (Polel)

1. to be stunned

2. appalling, causing horror (participle) 1c

d. horror-causer, appaller (subst)

e. (Hiphil)

1. to devastate, ravage, make desolated

2. to appal, show horror

f. (Hophal) to lay desolate, be desolated

g. (Hithpolel)

1. to cause to be desolate

2. to be appalled, be astounded

3. to cause oneself desolation, cause oneself ruin


Bible References:
Destroy

Translation
Occurrences:
amazed ( 1 )
astonished ( 20 )
astonishment ( 1 )
desolate ( 48 )
desolation ( 3 )
desolations ( 4 )
destitute ( 1 )
destroy ( 1 )
destroyed ( 1 )
places ( 1 )
thyself ( 1 )
waste ( 5 )
wondered ( 2 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.