Strong H4923מְשַׁמָּה

devastation

Transliteration
meshammâh
Pronunciation
mesh-am-maw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H8074; a waste or amazement: - {astonishment} desolate.

Detailed definition

1) devastation, horror
1a) devastation, waste
1b) horror

In the Bible

Strong H4923 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • desolate3
  • most2
  • astonishment1
  • thee1

First verses

  1. Isaiah 15:6
    For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
  2. Jeremiah 48:34
    From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
  3. Ezekiel 5:15
    So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.
  4. Ezekiel 6:14
    So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
  5. Ezekiel 33:28
    For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
  6. Ezekiel 33:29
    Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
  7. Ezekiel 35:3
    And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
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