shod denotes destructive harm, portrayed as both violent wrongdoing and ruin that comes upon people or places.

The occurrences chiefly portray destructive harm as devastation, ruin, or an approaching calamity; they also use it for wrongful violence committed by people, often set beside bloodshed, evil, or the refusal to do justice.

1. Destructive ruin or calamity · dominant

   In Isaiah 13:6 and Joel 1:15, the singular absolute form occurs in the announcement that the day of the LORD comes; the APB renders the comparison "like violence from the Almighty." In Job 5:21 and Job 5:22, it is something the protected person need not fear and can face alongside famine, while Isaiah 51:19 places it among disasters that have encountered the hearer.

   Isaiah 13:6Joel 1:15Job 5:21Job 5:22Isaiah 51:19Jeremiah 48:3
2. Wrongful violence in human conduct · common

   In Amos 3:10, the singular absolute form is stored up in citadels by those who do not know how to do right; the APB renders the clause "store up violence and robbery." Ezekiel 45:9 calls Israel's leaders to remove it and to practice justice and righteousness, and Isaiah 59:7 places it with evil thoughts and the hurrying to shed innocent blood.

   Amos 3:10Ezekiel 45:9Habakkuk 1:3Isaiah 59:7Jeremiah 6:7Habakkuk 2:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the relevant clauses with "violence," while several contexts pair it with "destruction," "ruin," or other disaster language. Those English terms indicate the verse-level presentation rather than fixed individual renderings.