Shod שֹׁד

Shod (Hebrew שֹׁד, Strong's H7701) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “violence”. It occurs 25 times in 24 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Violence

Verses

Every verse with Shod, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job

• Job 5:21
  Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
• Job 5:22
  At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

Psalms

• Psalm 12:5
  For 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.“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Proverbs

• Proverbs 21:7
  The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
• Proverbs 24:2
  For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 13:6
  Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• Isaiah 16:4
  Let 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.Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,
• Isaiah 22:4
  Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
• Isaiah 51:19
  These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
• Isaiah 59:7
  Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
• Isaiah 60:18
  Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 6:7
  As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
• Jeremiah 20:8
  For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
• Jeremiah 48:3
  A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 45:9
  Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’

Hosea

• Hosea 7:13
  Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
• Hosea 9:6
  For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
• Hosea 10:14
  Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth–arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
• Hosea 12:1
  Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Joel

• Joel 1:15
  Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Amos

• Amos 3:10
  For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
• Amos 5:9
  That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:3
  Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
• Habakkuk 2:17
  For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).