# מְשַׁמָּה (meshamah)

Israeli respelling: me-sha-mah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4923. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

a waste or amazement

King James renderings: astonishment, desolate.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/meshamah-h4923

## Occurrences

- [Isaiah 15:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/15/6) — For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
- [Jeremiah 48:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/34) — From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer o…
- [Ezekiel 5:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/5/15) — So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute…
- [Ezekiel 6:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/6/14) — So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their ha…
- [Ezekiel 33:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/33/28) — For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none s…
- [Ezekiel 33:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/33/29) — Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committe…
- [Ezekiel 35:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/35/3) — And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I wil…