Lexicon :: Strong's H7706 - šaday

שַׁדַּי

Transliteration

šaday

Pronunciation

shad-dah'-ee

Part of Speech

masculine noun with reference to deity

Root Word (Etymology)

From שָׁדַד (H7703)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2333

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

שַׁדַּי Shadday, shad-dah'-ee; from H7703; the Almighty:—Almighty.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H7706 in the following manner: Almighty (48x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H7706 in the following manner: Almighty (48x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

almighty, most powerful
1. Shaddai, the Almighty (of God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

שַׁדַּי Shadday, shad-dah'-ee; from H7703; the Almighty:—Almighty.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H7706: Abbreviations

שַׁדַּי ₄₈ noun masculine, of deity (etymology dubious (1) Aq Symm Theod ἱκανός; Rabb שֶֿׁ + דַּי (self-) sufficient, no moderns. (2) = almighty, √ שׁדד + י = Thes De Di Sta, or √שׁדה = שׁדד, intensive noun Ew^{§ 155 c}, but שׁדד (which see) is deal violently not simply mightily; compare παντοκράτωρ + 14 or (15) times (but in Pentateuch אלשׁ׳ is ό Θεόχ μου, σου, etc.), mostly omnipotens. (3) < conjecture for original שֵׁדַי (see שֵׁד) my sovereign lord, || אֲדֹנָי, בעלי Nö^{SBA 1880, 775; ZMG xlii (1888), 481}; Hoffm^{Ph. Inscr. 53}; used of foreign deities (Deuteronomy 32:17), and so discredited (compare בַּעַל). — > other conjectures, e.g. RS^{OTJC, 424} √ שׁדה pour forth (God as rain-giver); Dl^{Pr 96 followed by} Assyrian šadû, high, ilu šâdû a, Che^{Comm. Isaiah 2:148}, or šadû, mountain, also in proper name; see further Dr^{Gen 404 ff.}); —

1. שַׁדַּי Numbers 24:4, 16 (J E, poem), and so as archaism Ruth 1:20, 21; Psalm 68:15; Psalm 91:1; Joel 1:15 = Isaiah 13:6; Ezekiel 1:24 (strike out Co); especially Job 5:17 + 30:t. Job (+ Job 19:29 Ew Di, reading שׁ׳ for שׁדין).

2. אֵל שַׁדַּי Genesis 49:25 (poem; so read for אֵת שׁ׳, see Sam Saad, Hebrew Manuscripts), and so, as archaism, divine name of patriarchs in P, Genesis 17:1; Genesis 28:3; Genesis 35:11; Genesis 48:3; Exodus 6:3; Genesis 43:14 (R^P); so Ezekiel 10:5 (strike out Co; but Σαδδαι).

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