H7567 רָשַׁשׁ

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

רָשַׁשׁ

râshash · raw-shash'

Definition

to demolish

KJV Renderings

impoverish.

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

KJV Verses (2)

Jeremiah 5:17And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
Malachi 1:4Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.