Doom

doom: Occurs only once in the King James Version (2 Esdras 7:43), "The day of doom shall be the end of this time" (the Revised Version (British and American) "the day of judgment"); but the Revised Version (British and American) gives it as the rendering of tsephirah, in Eze 7:7,10 (the King James Version "the morning," the Revised Version, margin "the turn" or "the crowning time"; but the meaning is not yet quite certain); and in 1Co 4:9 (epithanatios, "as men doomed to death," the King James Version "appointed (originally "approved") unto death"). Our word "doom" is connected with the word "deem," and signifies either the act of judging or (far more often) the sentence itself or the condition resulting therefrom (compare "Deemster" of Isle of Man and Jersey). Generally, but not always, an unfavorable judgment is implied. Compare Dryden, Coronation of Charles II, i, 127: "Two kingdoms wait your doom, and, as you choose, This must receive a crown, or that must lose." J. R. Van Pelt

Definition

The term “doom” refers to a judgment of condemnation with no possibility of appeal or escape.

• As the nation of Israel was being taken captive into Babylon, the prophet Ezekiel said, “doom has come upon them.”
• Depending on the context, this term could be translated as “disaster” or “punishment” or “hopeless ruin.”

Bible References

• Ezekiel 7:5-7
• Ezekiel 30:9
• Isaiah 6:5
• Psalms 92:6-7

Word Data

• Strong’s: H1820, H3117, H6256, H6843, H8045