Strong's Concordance
Original word: שְׁמָמָה
Transliteration: shemamah or shimamah
Definition (short): desolation
Definition (full): devastation, astonishment
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from shamem
Definition: devastation, waste
NASB Translation: desolate (19), desolation (33), horror (1), utterly desolate (1), waste (1), waste and a desolation (1).
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References
KJV:
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
NASB:
"I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
KJV:
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
NASB:
'You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste.
KJV:
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
NASB:
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation until this day.
KJV:
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
NASB:
Your land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire, Your fields-- strangers are devouring them in your presence; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.