Meshoah מְשׁוֹאָה
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| מְשׁוֹאָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | meshoah |
| Strong's number | H4875 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | desolation |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (2) |
Meshoah (Hebrew מְשׁוֹאָה, Strong's H4875) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “desolation”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
desolation, ruin
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | waste (2), desolation (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | wasteland (2), desolation (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Meshoah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 30:3For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
- Job 38:27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 1:15That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).