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Maher-shalal-hash-baz

Plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isa. 8:1-3; comp. Zeph. 1:14), a name Isaiah was commanded first to write in large characters on a tablet, and afterwards to give as a symbolical name to a son that was to be born to him (Isa. 8:1, 3), as denoting the sudden attack on Damascus and Syria by the Assyrian army.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Isaiah
Sibling
Shear-jashub
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2 verses

Family

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2 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Isaiah2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBMaher-shalal-hash-baz 2
KJVMaher-shalal-hash-baz 0
ASVMaher-shalal-hash-baz 2

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Isaiah2 verses
  1. 8:1

    Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

  2. 8:3

    And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isa. 8:1-3; comp. Zeph. 1:14), a name Isaiah was commanded first to write in large characters on a tablet, and afterwards to give as a symbolical name to a son that was to be born to him (Isa. 8:1, 3), as denoting the sudden attack on Damascus and Syria by the Assyrian army.