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 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).
  1. 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.
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, בעליSBA 1880, 775; ZMG xlii (1888), 481; HoffmPh. Inscr. 53; used of foreign deities (Deuteronomy 32:17), and so discredited (compare בַּעַל). — > other conjectures, e.g. RSOTJC, 424שׁדה pour forth (God as rain-giver); DlPr 96 followed by Assyrian šadû, high, ilu šâdû a, CheComm. Isaiah 2:148, or šadû, mountain, also in proper name; see further DrGen 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 (RP); so Ezekiel 10:5 (strike out Co; but Σαδδαι).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:1; 28:3; 35:11; 43:14; 48:3; 49:25

Exodus

6:3

Numbers

24:4; 24:16

Deuteronomy

32:17

Ruth

1:20; 1:21

Job

5:17; 19:29

Psalms

68:15; 91:1

Isaiah

13:6

Ezekiel

1:24; 10:5

Joel

1:15