Strong H8155שָׁסַס

to plunder

Transliteration
shâsas
Pronunciation
shaw-sas'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to plunder: - {rifle} spoil.

Detailed definition

1) to plunder, spoil
1a) (Qal) to plunder
1b) (Niphal) to be plundered, be rifled
Also means: sha.as (שָׁאַס "to spoil" H7601)

In the Bible

Strong H8155 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • spoil4
  • rifled1

First verses

  1. Judges 2:14
    And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
  2. 1 Samuel 17:53
    And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
  3. Psalms 89:41
    All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
  4. Isaiah 13:16
    Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
  5. Zechariah 14:2
    For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
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