To plunder
שָׁסָהStrong’s H8154shasah (sha-sah)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shasah is the Hebrew word usually translated “plunderers”, “plunderers their” and “plundered it”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To spoil, plunder, take spoil(Qal) · (Poel) to plunder
How it's translated
- plunderers 2
- plunderers their 1
- plundered it 1
- plundering 1
- they have plundered 1
- i have plundered 1
- plunder us 1
- and plundered 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 3
- Judges 2
- 1 Samuel 2
- 2 Kings 1
- Psalms 1
- Jeremiah 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 2:16Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
- 1 Samuel 14:48And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
- 1 Samuel 23:1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
- 2 Kings 17:20And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
- Psalms 44:10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
- Isaiah 10:13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁסָה shasah · to plunder
1) to spoil, plunder, take spoil 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to plunder 1a2) plunderers (participle) 1b) (Poel) to plunder
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “plunder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLUN'DER, verb transitive
- To pillage; to spoil; to strip; to take the goods of an enemy by open force.
- To take by pillage or open force.
- To rob, as a thief; to take from; to strip; as, the thief plundered the house; the robber plundered a man of his money and watch; pirates plunder ships and men.
All definitions and other forms of “plunder”
PLUN'DER, noun
That which is taken from an enemy by force; pillage; prey; spoil.
- That which is taken by theft, robbery or fraud.
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.