Strong H4875מְשׁוֹאָה

desolation

Transliteration: meshô'âh meshô'âh
Pronunciation: {mesh-o-aw'} mesh-o-aw'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From the same as H7722; (a) {ruin} abstractly (the act) or concretely (the wreck): - {desolation} waste.

Detailed definition

desolation, ruin

In the Bible

Strong H4875 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

waste2
desolation1

First verses

Job 30:3
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
Job 38:27
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Zephaniah 1:15
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,

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