שָׁסַסshâçaç
id., (|| from of שׁסה)
Pronunciation: shaw-sas' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8155
Meanings
Qal: plundered (Psalms 89:42; Judges 2:14; 1 Samuel 17:53)
Niph`al: be plundered, rifled (Zechariah 14:2; Isaiah 13:16)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 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.
- 1 Samuel 17:53 Then the Israelite army returned and plundered the deserted Philistine camp.
- Psalms 89:41 Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.
- Isaiah 13:16 Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.
- Jeremiah 30:16 “But all who devour you will be devoured, and all your enemies will be sent into exile. All who plunder you will be plundered, and all who attack you will be attacked.
- Zechariah 14:2 I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken into captivity, and the rest will be left among the ruins of the city.
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).