DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Desolation

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

46exact KJV occurrences 41Old Testament 5New Testament 19books containing the word 11mapped Strong's IDs 46occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Leviticus 26:31

And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Luke 21:20

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Jeremiah

12 occurrences in 12 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where desolation appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Leviticus 22 verses Joshua 11 verses 2 Kings 11 verses 2 Chronicles 11 verses Job 11 verses Psalms 11 verses Proverbs 22 verses Isaiah 66 verses Jeremiah 1212 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 22 verses Daniel 11 verses Hosea 11 verses Joel 11 verses Micah 11 verses Zephaniah 77 verses Matthew 22 verses Mark 11 verses Luke 22 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH8077

שְׁמָמָה

shᵉmâmâh · shem-aw-maw'

12 times translated as this KJV form57 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

devastation; figuratively, astonishment

Strong's KJV usage: (laid, × most) desolate(-ion), waste.

Other KJV renderings

desolate 39 desolations 2 utterly 1 Desolate 1 most 1 waste 1

Strong's first: Joshua 8:28Strong's last: Zephaniah 2:13

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HebrewH8047

שַׁמָּה

shammâh · sham-maw'

11 times translated as this KJV form39 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

ruin; by implication, consternation

Strong's KJV usage: astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.

Other KJV renderings

astonishment 13 desolate 10 waste 3 desolations 1 wonderful 1

Strong's first: 2 Kings 22:19Strong's last: Zephaniah 2:15

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HebrewH2723

חׇרְבָּה

chorbâh · khor-baw'

5 times translated as this KJV form42 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation

Strong's KJV usage: decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).

Other KJV renderings

waste 10 places 9 wastes 7 desolations 3 desolate 3 deserts 2 destructions 1 desert 1

Strong's first: Jeremiah 22:5Strong's last: Jeremiah 44:22

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HebrewH7722

שׁוֹא

shôwʼ · sho

5 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences

n-m n-f

a tempest; by implication, devastation

Strong's KJV usage: desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.

Other KJV renderings

desolate 2 destruction 2 destructions 1 destroy 1 storm 1 wasteness 1

Strong's first: Job 30:14Strong's last: Isaiah 47:11

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GreekG2050

ἐρήμωσις

erḗmōsis · er-ay'-mo-sis

3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

despoliation

Strong's KJV usage: :--desolation.

Other KJV renderings

of desolation 2 the desolation 1

Strong's first: Matthew 24:15Strong's last: Luke 21:20

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HebrewH8074

שָׁמֵם

shâmêm · shaw-mame'

3 times translated as this KJV form93 total Strong's occurrences

to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

Strong's KJV usage: make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

Other KJV renderings

desolate 49 astonished 14 astonied 6 waste 5 desolations 4 bring 2 destroy 2 wondered 2

Strong's first: Leviticus 26:31Strong's last: Daniel 8:13

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GreekG2049

ἐρημόω

erēmóō · er-ay-mo'-o

2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

to lay waste (literally or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: :--(bring to, make) desolate(-ion), come to nought.

Other KJV renderings

is brought to desolation 2 desolate 2 nought 1

Strong's first: Matthew 12:25Strong's last: Luke 11:17

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HebrewH7701

שֹׁד

shôd · shode

2 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

violence, ravage

Strong's KJV usage: desolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, -ing), wasting.

Other KJV renderings

destruction 7 spoil 4 spoiling 3 spoiled 3 robbery 2 wasting 2 oppression 1 spoiler 1

Strong's first: Isaiah 51:19Strong's last: Hosea 12:1

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HebrewH2721

חֹרֶב

chôreb · kho'-reb

1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

drought or desolation

Strong's KJV usage: desolation, drought, dry, heat, × utterly, waste.

Other KJV renderings

heat 6 drought 3 dry 3 waste 2 utterly 1

Strong's first: Zephaniah 2:14Strong's last: Zephaniah 2:14

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HebrewH4875

מְשׁוֹאָה

mᵉshôwʼâh · meh-o-aw'

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

(a) ruin, abstractly (the act) or concretely (the wreck)

Strong's KJV usage: desolation, waste.

Other KJV renderings

waste 2

Strong's first: Zephaniah 1:15Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:15

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HebrewH7612

שֵׁאת

shêʼth · shayth

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

devastation

Strong's KJV usage: desolation.

Strong's first: Lamentations 3:47Strong's last: Lamentations 3:47

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Micah 6:16

H8047

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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desolation

DESOLATION, noun

1. The act of desolating destruction or expulsion of inhabitants; destruction; ruin; waste.

Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation Matthew 12:25.

2. A place deprived of inhabitants, or otherwise wasted, ravaged and ruined.

How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations. Jeremiah 50:23.

3. A desolate state; gloominess; sadness; destitution.

The abomination of desolation Roman armies which ravaged and destroyed Jerusalem. Matthew 24:15.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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