שַׁדַּיShadday
sufficient, almighty
Pronunciation: shad-dah'-ee · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7706
Meanings
1. שַׁדַּי (Numbers 24:4; Numbers 24:16; Ruth 1:20)
2. אֵל שַׁדַּי (Genesis 49:25; Genesis 17:1; Genesis 28:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 48 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.
- Genesis 28:3 May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations!
- Genesis 35:11 Then God said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!
- Genesis 43:14 May God Almighty give you mercy as you go before the man, so that he will release Simeon and let Benjamin return. But if I must lose my children, so be it.”
- Genesis 48:3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
- Genesis 49:25 May the God of your father help you; may the Almighty bless you with the blessings of the heavens above, and blessings of the watery depths below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.
See every passage
- Genesis 17:1, 28:3, 35:11, 43:14, 48:3, 49:25
- Exodus 6:3
- Numbers 24:4, 24:16
- Ruth 1:20, 1:21
- Job 5:17, 6:4, 6:14, 8:3, 8:5, 11:7, 13:3, 15:25, 21:15, 21:20, 22:3, 22:17, 22:23, 22:25, 22:26, 23:16, 24:1, 27:2, 27:10, 27:11, 27:13, 29:5, 31:2, 31:35, 32:8, 33:4, 34:10, 34:12, 35:13, 37:23, 40:2
- Psalms 68:14, 91:1
- Isaiah 13:6
- Ezekiel 1:24, 10:5
- Joel 1:15
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).