HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7998
שָׁלָל
sha.lal — spoil
1) prey, plunder, spoil, booty 1a) prey 1b) booty, spoil, plunder (of war) 1c) plunder (private) 1d) gain (meaning uncertain)
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Booty
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G3027
λῃστής
lēstēs — robber/rebel
λῃστής, -οῦ, ὁ (Ep. ληίς = λεία, booty), [in LXX for גְּדוּד, etc. ;] a robber, brigand: Mat.21:13 (LXX) Mat.26:55 27:38, 44, Mrk.11:17 14:48 15:27, Luk.10:30, 36 19:46 22:52, Jhn.10:1, 8 18:40, 2Co.11:26.† SYN.: κλέπτης, q.v (AS)
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H957
בַּז
baz — plunder
spoil, booty, robbery, spoiling Also means: bag (בַּג "spoil" H0897)
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2865
κομίζω
komizō — to bring/be repaid
κομίζω [in LXX for נָשָׂא, etc. ;] 1. to take care of. 2. to carry off safe. 3. to carry off as booty. 4. to bear or carry: Luk.7:37. Mid., to bear for oneself, hence, (a) to receive: Heb.10:36 11:13, 39, 1Pe.1:9 5:4, 2Pe.2:13; (b) to receive back, recover (in cl. so also act.): Mat.25:27, Heb.11:19; metaphorically, of requital, 2Co.5:10, Col.3:25; παρὰ Κυρίου, Eph.6:8 (cf. ἐκ-, συν-κομίζω).† (AS)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H961
בִּזָּה
biz.zah — plunder
spoil, booty
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4455
מַלְקוֹחַ
mal.qo.ach — prey
booty, prey
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4933
מְשִׁסָּה
me.shis.sah — plunder
booty, spoil, plunder Also means: me.shu.sah (מְשׁוּסָה "spoil" H4882)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4122
מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז
ma.her sha.lal chash baz — Maher-shalal-hash-baz
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Isa.8.1; son of: Isaiah (H3470A); brother of: Shear-jashub (H7610) § Mahershalalhashbaz = Maher-shalal-hash-baz "swift is booty, speedy is prey" symbolic name given by Isaiah by the Lord's direction to Isaiah's son; prophetic indication that Damascus and Samaria were soon to be plundered by the king of Assyria
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5706
עַד
ad — prey
booty, prey
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4812
συλαγωγέω
sulagōgeō — to capture
συλαγωγέω, -ῶ (σύλη, booty + ἄγω), to carry off as spoil, lead captive (θυγατέρα, Heliod., Aeth., 10, 35): metaphorically, Col.2:8.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H968
בִּזְּתָא
biz.ta — Biztha
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.1.10 § Biztha = "booty" one of Ahasuerus' (Xerxes') eunuchs
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9713
χειρόω
cheiroō — to lay hands against
1. to bring into hand, to manage, master, subdue , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. mostly in Mid., to conquer, overpower, subdue , (Herdotus Historicus); so, τήνδ᾽ ἐχειρούμην ἄγραν became master of this booty, (Sophocles Tragicus) 3. without any sense of violence, to master, subdue , (Xenophon Historicus), etc. 4. χειροῦμαι is also Pass. to be subdued , [variant datesTragica Adespota; future χειρωθήσομαι (Demosthenes Orator); aor1 ἐχειρώθην (Herdotus Historicus); perfect κεχείρωμαι (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
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מְשׁוּסָה
me.shu.sah — spoil
booty, spoil, plunder Another spelling of me.shis.sah (מְשִׁסָּה "plunder" H4933)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H897
בַּג
bag — spoil
spoil, booty Another spelling of baz (בַּז "plunder" H0957)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were to be destroyed (Deut. 20: 16). The “pictures and images” of the Canaanites were to be destroyed also (Num. 33:52). The law of booty as to its division is laid down in Num. 31:26-47. David afterwards introduced a regulation that the baggage-guard should share the booty equally with the soldiers engaged in battle. He also devoted of the spoils of war for the temple (1 Sam. 30:24-26; 2 Sam. 8:11; 1 Chr. 26:27).
Scripture references
Deuteronomy 20Numbers 33:52Numbers 31:26-471 Samuel 30:24-262 Samuel 8:111 Chronicles 26:271 Samuel 30:241 Samuel 25
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.