H6658b H6658b
to be laid waste, devastated; rendered desolate (Niphal passive)
This verb in its passive form means to be laid waste or devastated, describing the destruction of cities. In Zephaniah 3:6, God declares that he has cut off nations and their cities are devastated—empty ruins without inhabitants. The root conveys complete destruction, the undoing of urban life and security. It's prophetic language for judgment, where thriving cities become ghost towns, monuments to divine wrath against injustice.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Zephaniah 3:6 uses it to describe the fate of cities under divine judgment: they are laid waste, their streets empty. The Spanish "fueron destruidas" (were destroyed) and the intensive "devastated" in English emphasize totality. The verb pictures not just damage but desolation—life and habitation removed, leaving only rubble and silence. 1×
AR["انْهَدَمَتْ"]·ben["উৎসন্ন-হয়েছে"]·DE["[נצדו]"]·EN["are-devastated"]·FR["commander"]·heb["נצדו"]·HI["नाश-हुए"]·ID["musnah"]·IT["[נצדו]"]·jav["karusak"]·KO["파멸되었다"]·PT["foram-destruídas"]·RU["опустошены"]·ES["fueron-destruidas"]·SW["zimeharibiwa"]·TR["yıkıldı"]·urd["برباد-ہو-گئے"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. [צָדָה] vb. lay waste (NH id. (rare), Aramaic צְדִי, ܨܕܳܐ, ܨܕܺܝ id.);— Niph. Pf. 3 pl. נִצְדּוּ עָרֵיהֶם Zp 3:6 their cities are laid waste.