Words the Bible translates as lay waste
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- erēmoōἐρημόωto lay wastenot studied yet
- shadadשָׁדַדto devastate: to wreck something by violence and strip it bare, the ruin a raiding army leaves behind.
- ḥarevחָרֵבto lay waste, to be left in ruins: for a city, land, or people to be destroyed and abandoned
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- to dry up: for water to fail and a wet place to go dry
- baqaqבָּקַקto empty out: to drain something completely, whether a country stripped of everything in it or a plan drained of all its force.
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- of a vine: luxuriant, spreading and running wild with growth.
- portheōπορθέωto lay wastenot studied yet
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