For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
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שׁוֹא
H7722 · shôwʼ · sho · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
a tempest; by implication, devastation
KJV usage
desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
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Mapped occurrences
They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,