Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7700 - שֵׁד shed (probably demon)

Original Word:	שֵׁד
Transliteration:	shed
Definition:	probably demon
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(shade)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

devil

From shuwd; a doemon (as malignant) -- devil.

see HEBREW shuwd

Englishman's Concordance

1) demon
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7736
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2330

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שֵׁד] noun [masculine] apparently demon (loan-word from Assyrian šêdu, a protecting spirit, especially of bull-colossus, Dl^{Pa 153 f.}; WB 645 COT^{Deuteronomy 32:17} Zim^{KAT3. 460 f.}, 455, 649; compare Aramaic שֵׁידָא,

demon, and (perhaps) Phoenician proper name גדשד Nö^{ZMG xiii (1888), 481} Lzb²⁴⁹; originally √שׁוד (=Arabic

rule) according to Thes Baud^{Semitic Rei. i. 130 ff.} Dl^WB and others; > Arabic

(III, IV aid, Hom^{ZMG xlvi (1892), 529, against this} Zim^{l. c}); — יִזְבְּחוּ לַשֵּׁדִים לֹא אֱלֹהַּDeuteronomy 32:17 (compare Dr), Psalm 106:37 (human sacrifice).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7700. שֵׁדִים (shed) — 2 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 32:17
HEB: יִזְבְּח֗וּ לַשֵּׁדִים֙ לֹ֣א אֱלֹ֔הַ
NAS: They sacrificed to demons who were not God,
KJV: They sacrificed unto devils, not to God;
INT: sacrificed to demons were not God

Psalm 106:37
HEB:וְאֶת־ בְּנֽוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם לַשֵּֽׁדִים׃
NAS: and their daughters to the demons,
KJV: and their daughters unto devils,
INT: their sons and their daughters to the demons

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