Lexicon
מְשִׁסָּה
me.shis.sah
H4933
H:N-F Hebrew

plunder

6
Occurrences
5
Books
Hebrew
Language

me.shis.sah denotes persons or possessions given over to others as spoil in contexts of judgment and reversal.

The noun denotes persons, wealth, or those who plunder being handed over as spoil to others. Its occurrences portray this outcome in enemy possession, judgment, and retaliatory reversal rather than identifying a distinct kind of object.

Senses in use

  1. Persons or possessions handed over as spoil · dominant

    In 2 Kings 21:14, the singular absolute noun occurs where the remnant is handed to enemies; the APB renders the result as becoming “plunder and spoil.” Isaiah 42:22 and Isaiah 42:24 place the same singular form in the giving over of a people, while Zephaniah 1:13 applies it to wealth that will become “plunder.” Jeremiah 30:16 extends the outcome to those who plunder others, and Habakkuk 2:7 uses the plural form for becoming spoil for those who rise against them.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “plunder” most often, alongside “spoil,” and also uses verbal wording such as “plundered.” These renderings show the verse-level outcome rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every occurrence.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture