Violence
שֹׁדStrong’s H7701shod
Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shod is the Hebrew word usually translated “devastation”, “havoc” and “violence”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.”
Meaning
- Havoc, violence, destruction, devastation, ruinviolence, havoc (as social sin) · devastation, ruin
How it's translated
- devastation 6
- and devastation 3
- and havoc 2
- and violence 2
- from destruction 1
- to destruction 1
- from devastation of 1
- violence of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 6
- Hosea 4
- Jeremiah 3
- Job 2
- Proverbs 2
- Amos 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 5:22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
- Psalms 12:5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
- Proverbs 21:7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
- Proverbs 24:2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
- Isaiah 13:6Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
- Isaiah 16:4Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Hebrew dictionary
שֹׁד shod · violence
1) havoc, violence, destruction, devastation, ruin 1a) violence, havoc (as social sin) 1b) devastation, ruin
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “violence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VI'OLENCE, noun
[Latin violentia.]
- Physical force; strength of action or motion; as the violence of a storm; the violence of a blow or of a conflict.
- Moral force; vehemence.
- Outrage; unjust force; crimes of all kinds.“The earth was filled with violence” Genesis 6:11
- Eagerness; vehemence.
All definitions and other forms of “violence”
- Injury; infringement.
- Injury; hurt.“Do violence to no man” Luke 3:14
- Ravishment; rape.
VI'OLENCE, verb transitive
To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence [Little used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.