Words the Bible translates as plunder
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 15 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- skulonσκῦλονplundernot studied yet
- shalalשָׁלָלspoil: the goods, animals, and captives carried off as the prize of victory
- shadadשָׁדַדto devastate: to wreck something by violence and strip it bare, the ruin a raiding army leaves behind.
- bazazבָּזַזto plunder: to carry off the goods, livestock, and people of a defeated enemy as the spoils of war
- gazalגָּזַלto take by open force: to rob, seize, or tear something away from the one who holds it
- bazבַּזwar plunder: the goods or people seized and carried off by force from a defeated enemy
- betsaבֶּצַעgain: the material advantage a person gets, most often profit seized by greed, fraud, or violence
- shalalשָׁלַלto plunder: to seize and carry off goods, wealth, or captives by force, especially from a defeated enemy in war.
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- to draw out: to pull stalks of grain out from the gathered bundles and leave them behind.
- harpagēἁρπαγήforcible taking: the act of robbing, the goods that are seized, or the grasping greed that reaches out to grab what belongs to someone else
- shasahשָׁסָהto plundernot studied yet
- bizzahבִּזָּהspoil: what is seized and carried off from a defeated enemy, whether the plundered goods themselves or the experience of being plundered
- 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.
- meshissahמְשִׁסָּהplundernot studied yet
- shasasשָׁסַסto plunder: to strip people or a place bare by force, the way raiders do when they ransack whatever they overrun
- pereqפֶּרֶקplundernot studied yet
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