Strong H5327H5327Bנָצָה
to desolate
One of the 2 senses of Strong H5327
- Transliteration
- nâtsâh
- Pronunciation
- naw-tsaw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
1) to strip off, make desolate, fall in ruins
1a) (Qal) to fall in ruins
1b) (Niphal) desolated, ruined heaps (participle)
1a) (Qal) to fall in ruins
1b) (Niphal) desolated, ruined heaps (participle)
General definition
A primitive root; properly to go {forth} that {is} (by implication) to be {expelled} and (consequently) desolate; causatively to lay waste; also ({specifically}) to quarrel: - be laid {waste} {ruinous} strive (together).
In the Bible
Strong H5327B appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ruinous2
- waste1
First verses
- 2 Kings 19:25Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
- Isaiah 37:26Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
- Jeremiah 4:7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.