BDB5406
מַשּׁוּאוֺת noun feminine plural deceptions Ps 73:18; Ps 74:3, but meaning not suitable; read probably מְשׁוֺאוֺת, see מְשׁוֺאָה below שׁוא (so Klo NowHup Bae).
Strong's Lexicon
H4875
H4875 — מְשׁוֹאָה מְשׁוֹאָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H4875 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מְשׁוֹאָה מְשׁוֹאָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from the same as H7722 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | mshow'ah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | meh-o-aw' (or mshoah {mesh-o-aw'}) n-f. |
| Meaning: | 1. a ruin 2. (abstractly) the act of ruining 3. (concretely) the wreck |
| KJV Renderings: | desolation, waste. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB8500
מְשׁוֺאָה, מְשֹׁאָה noun feminine desolation; —
1. singular only in ׳
שֹׁאָה וּמ
Zeph 1:15; Job 30:3; Job 38:27, see
foregoing; plural (מַשּׁוּאוֺת, read) מְשׁוֺאוֺת, so Klo
Hup-Now
CheComm.
Bae
Du
Ps 74:3
ruins (of temple) and Ps 73:18
ruins (of one's life, figurative; but Du here derives
from נשׁא: deceptions; yet compare synonym שַׁמָּה Ps 73:19).
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
משוּאָה (’shoh-ah’)
Job 30:3
- KJV: For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.solitary: or, dark as the nightin…: Heb. yesternight
- EHCC: in former time desolate and waste.
Job 38:27
- KJV: To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
- EHCC: satisfy the desolate and waste (ground) ;
Zephaniah 1:15
- KJV: That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
- EHCC: a day of wasteness and desolation,