שָׁסָהshâçâh
spoil, plunder, rarer synonym of שׁלל, בזז
Pronunciation: shaw-saw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8154
Meanings
Qal: they plunder for themselves, plunderers (Psalms 44:11; Hosea 13:15; Judges 2:14)
Po`. = Qal Perfect 1 singular שׁוֺשֵׂתִי (Ges «GKC:6k»§ 6k) Isa 10:13, with accusative of thing; read also probably Participle מְשׁוֺסֶה Isa 42:24 (|| בֹּזְזִים), for משוסה Kt, מְשִׁסָּה Qr; so Du Klo CheHpt Marti.: = Qal (Isaiah 10:13; Isaiah 42:24)
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Judges 2:14 This made the Lord burn with anger against Israel, so he handed them over to raiders who stole their possessions. He turned them over to their enemies all around, and they were no longer able to resist them.
- Judges 2:16 Then the Lord raised up judges to rescue the Israelites from their attackers.
- 1 Samuel 14:48 He performed great deeds and conquered the Amalekites, saving Israel from all those who had plundered them.
- 1 Samuel 23:1 One day news came to David that the Philistines were at Keilah stealing grain from the threshing floors.
- 2 Kings 17:20 The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel. He punished them by handing them over to their attackers until he had banished Israel from his presence.
- Psalms 44:10 You make us retreat from our enemies and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.
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).