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Lexicon :: Strong's H7843 - šāḥaṯ

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שָׁחַת
Transliteration
šāḥaṯ
Pronunciation
shaw-khath'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2370

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁחַת shâchath, shaw-khath'; a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively):—batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, × utterly, waste(-r).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 147x

The KJV translates Strong's H7843 in the following manner: destroy (96x), corrupt (22x), mar (7x), destroyer (3x), corrupters (2x), waster (2x), spoilers (2x), battered (1x), corruptly (1x), miscellaneous (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 147x
The KJV translates Strong's H7843 in the following manner: destroy (96x), corrupt (22x), mar (7x), destroyer (3x), corrupters (2x), waster (2x), spoilers (2x), battered (1x), corruptly (1x), miscellaneous (11x).
  1. to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay

    1. (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted

    2. (Piel)

      1. to spoil, ruin

      2. to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally)

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to spoil, ruin, destroy

      2. to pervert, corrupt (morally)

      3. destroyer (participle)

    4. (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁחַת shâchath, shaw-khath'; a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively):—batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, × utterly, waste(-r).
STRONGS H7843: Abbreviations
[שָׁחַת]151 verb go to ruin (?), only derived species (Late Hebrew Hiph. = Biblical Hebrew, Ecclus. שחיתה Ecclesiasticus 30:11 corrupt act; Arabic سَعَتَ extirpate; Ethiopic ለሐጠ፡ injure, violate; Tel Amarna šaḫâtu is fall (especially of city), be prostrate (? of land), perhaps Canaanism (see WklTelAm. Vocab.), Assyrian possibly šêtu, flee, escape (compare אבד); Old Aramaic (Zinjirli) שחת destroy Lzb374, Aramaic H7844 שְׁחַת, jeofw (assimilation of t), multilate; — very improbable Gerber179denominative from שַׁחַת); —
Niph. be marred, spoiled, Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִשְׁחַת, of waistcloth Jeremiah 13:7, vessel Jeremiah 18:4; be injured, or even (hyperb.) ruined, Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּשָּׁחֵת Exodus 8:20 (J) of land (הֶעָרֹב מִפְּנֵי); be corrupted, corrupt, in mnorals and rel., of earth, Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִשְׁחָ֑תָה Genesis 6:12 (P), Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular לִפְנֵי הָא׳ וַתִּשּׁ׳ Genesis 6:11 (P); so Participle feminine plural as adjective נִשְׁחָתוֺת Ezekiel 20:44.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁחֵת Exodus 32:7 +, suffix שִׁחֶתְךָ Hosea 13:9; 2nd person masculine singular שִׁחַתָּ Isaiah 14:20 +, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שַׁחֵ֑תוּ Jeremiah 5:10; Infinitive construct שַׁחֵת Genesis 13:10 +, etc.; —
1. spoil, ruin, accusative of eye Exodus 21:26 (E), vineyard Jeremiah 12:10 (figurative), branches Nahum 2:3 (figurative), also = destroy, accusative of person 2 Samuel 1:14; 2 Samuel 14:11 (accusative omitted), Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 20:17, כָּל־בָשָׂר Genesis 6:17; Genesis 9:15 (P), city, fortress, etc., Genesis 13:10; Genesis 19:13, 29 (all J), 2 Samuel 24:16; Jeremiah 5:10 (accusative omitted), Jeremiah 48:18; Ezekiel 26:4; Ezekiel 43:3; Lamentations 2:5, ruin temple Lamentations 2:6, nation Hosea 11:9; Hosea 13:9 (read perhaps שִׁחַתִּךָ Oort Now), land 2 Kings 19:12 (Hiph. in || Isaiah 37:12), Judges 6:5; Joshua 22:33 (P), Ezekiel 22:30; Ezekiel 30:11, earth Genesis 9:11 (P); with ל object (ל 3b), city 1 Samuel 23:10, person Numbers 32:15 (P); with accusative רַחֲמָיו Amos 1:11, destroyed (stifled) his compassion (or, RSK 28 and others, the bonds of kinship, see רַחֲמִים), בְּרִית Malachi 2:8, i.e. violate it, see especially אַרְצָה וְשׁ׳ (that is, semen) Genesis 38:9 (J) he spoiled (it) upon the ground, made it ineffective, = waste words Proverbs 23:8.
2. pervert, corrupt, accusative wisdom Ezekiel 28:17, absolute = deal corruptly, הֶעֱמִיקוּ שִׁחֵתוּ Hosea 9:9 (compare [עָמֹק], p.770:b; but We Now read שַׁחְתּוֺ, √ שׁוח), Exodus 32:7 (JE), Deuteronomy 9:12, so לוֺ שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 32:5.
Hiph. 103 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁחִית Genesis 6:12 +; 1st person singular וְהִשְׁחַתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:20, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁחִית Daniel 8:24 +, יַשְׁחִת Malachi 3:11 +, וַיַּשְׁחֵת 1 Chronicles 20:1; 2nd person feminine singular וַתַּשְׁחִתִי Ezekiel 16:47, 2nd person masculine plural תַּשְׁחִתוּן Deuteronomy 4:16; Deuteronomy 31:29; Imperative masculine singular suffix הַשְׁחִיתָהּ 2 Kings 18:25 = Isaiah 36:10; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁחֵת Deuteronomy 31:29; construct הַשְׁחִית 1 Samuel 26:15 +, etc.; Participle מַשְׁחִית Genesis 19:14 +, etc.; —
1. spoil, ruin, accusative crop Judges 6:4; Malachi 3:11, trees Deuteronomy 20:19, 20; Jeremiah 11:19 (figurative), vessels 2 Chronicles 36:19, houses 2 Chronicles 34:11, palaces Jeremiah 6:5 compare Isaiah 65:8; Leviticus 19:27 (H), Ruth 4:6; דַּיָּם הִשׁ׳ Jeremiah 49:9 thieves damage as much as they want; accusative of person = ruin, destroy, 1 Samuel 26:9, 15; Judges 20:21, 25 (+ אַ֫רְצָה), Judges 20:35; Judges 20:42; 2 Kings 13:23; 2 Chronicles 24:23 (+ מִן separ.), + 12 times, + (accusative of person omitted) Isaiah 51:13 + 4 times, accusative בֵּית דָּוִד 2 Chronicles 21:7, absolute Isaiah 11:9 = Isaiah 65:25; also ruin one (by words) Proverbs 11:9; accusative עַם 2 Samuel 24:16; Deuteronomy 9:26; land 1 Samuel 6:5; Jeremiah 36:29; Daniel 11:17 (see Dr); city wall 2 Samuel 20:15 (Ew Th here denominative from שַׁחַת they were making a pit; < Greek Version of the LXX We (?) Klo Dr Bu HPS Now מְחַשְּׁבִים were devising), Lamentations 2:8, cities and nations Genesis 18:28 (twice in verse) (J, accusative omitted), Genesis 19:13, 14 (J), Isaiah 37:12 (Pi. in || 2 Kings 19:12), 2Ki 36:10 (twice in verse) = 2 Kings 18:25 (twice in verse) + 11 times + (Israel personified) Deuteronomy 4:31; Deuteronomy 10:10; 2 Kings 8:19, pride of Judah Jeremiah 13:9, earth Jeremiah 51:1; absolute with adverb accusative Daniel 8:24 (see Dr; Bev conjecture יְשׂחֵחַ or יָשִׂיחַ utter monstrous things), compare 1 Chronicles 21:12; Participle as adjective, of lion Jeremiah 2:30, angel 1 Chronicles 21:15; = destroyer Exodus 12:23 (J), Jeremiah 22:7; Isaiah 54:16, גּוֺיִם מ׳ Jeremiah 4:7, רוּחַ מ׳ Jeremiah 51:1; singular collective (הַמּ׳ Ges§ 126 l; the destroying band, compare Dr Bu Now) 1 Samuel 13:17; 1 Samuel 14:15 (spoilers, ravagers); figurative for snare, trap, Jeremiah 5:26.
†2. pervert, corrupt, morally, accusative דֶּרֶךְ Genesis 6:12 (P; see דֶּרֶךְ 6), נַפְשׁוֺ Proverbs 6:32, compare Zephaniah 3:7; Ezekiel 23:11 (מִן compare); הִשׁ׳ הִתְעִיבוּ עֲלִילָה Psalm 14:1 = Psalm 53:2; הַשְׁחֵת תַּשְׁח׳ (+ verb of particular act) Deuteronomy 4:16; Deuteronomy 31:29; declar. = act corruptly, Isaiah 1:4; Deuteronomy 4:28 (+ verb of act), 2 Chronicles 27:2, + מִן compare Judges 2:19; Ezekiel 16:47; Participle as substantive Jeremiah 6:28, אִישׁ מַשׁ׳ Proverbs 28:24 (Proverbs 18:9 see infra). — אַל־תַּשְׁחֵת destroy not (catchword of old song or melody ?) in Psalm-titles: † [H516 Psalm 57:1; Psalm 58:1; Psalm 59:1; Psalm 75:1].
Hoph. Participle מָשְׁחָת spoiled, ruined, of a spring, מָקוֺר Proverbs 25:26 (|| נִרְפָּשׂ מַעְיָן); as substantive Malachi 1:14 sacrificing a spoiled thing.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:11; 6:12; 6:12; 6:12; 6:17; 9:11; 9:15; 13:10; 13:10; 18:28; 19:13; 19:13; 19:14; 19:14; 19:29; 38:9

Exodus

8:20; 12:23; 21:26; 32:7; 32:7

Leviticus

19:27

Numbers

32:15

Deuteronomy

4:16; 4:16; 4:28; 4:31; 9:12; 9:26; 10:10; 20:19; 20:20; 31:29; 31:29; 31:29; 32:5

Joshua

22:33

Judges

2:19; 6:4; 6:5; 20:21; 20:25; 20:35; 20:42

Ruth

4:6

1 Samuel

6:5; 13:17; 14:15; 23:10; 26:9; 26:15; 26:15

2 Samuel

1:14; 14:11; 20:15; 24:16; 24:16

2 Kings

8:19; 13:23; 18:25; 18:25; 19:12; 19:12

1 Chronicles

20:1; 21:12; 21:15

2 Chronicles

21:7; 24:23; 27:2; 34:11; 36:19

Psalms

14:1; 53:2

Proverbs

6:32; 11:9; 18:9; 23:8; 25:26; 28:24

Isaiah

1:4; 11:9; 14:20; 36:10; 37:12; 37:12; 51:13; 54:16; 65:8; 65:25

Jeremiah

2:30; 4:7; 5:10; 5:10; 5:26; 6:5; 6:28; 11:19; 12:10; 13:7; 13:9; 18:4; 22:7; 36:29; 48:18; 49:9; 51:1; 51:1; 51:20

Lamentations

2:5; 2:6; 2:8

Ezekiel

5:16; 16:47; 16:47; 20:17; 20:44; 22:30; 23:11; 26:4; 28:17; 30:11; 43:3

Daniel

8:24; 8:24; 11:17

Hosea

9:9; 11:9; 13:9; 13:9

Amos

1:11

Nahum

2:3

Zephaniah

3:7

Malachi

1:14; 2:8; 3:11; 3:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7843 matches the Hebrew שָׁחַת (šāḥaṯ),
which occurs 147 times in 136 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Sa 24:16–Jer 15:6)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - When the angel extended his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy H7843 it, the LORD relented of the disaster and said to the angel who destroyed H7843 the people, “It is enough! Now drop your hand!” And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - However, the LORD did not want to destroy H7843 Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had [fn]promised him to give him a [fn]lamp through his sons always.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and He was unwilling to eliminate H7843 them or cast them away from His presence until now.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:25 - “Have I now come up without [fn]the LORD’S approval against this place to destroy H7843 it? The LORD said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy H7843 it.’”’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12 - ‘Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed H7843 save them: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 -

Then it happened [fn]in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged H7843 the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the LORD: a plague in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying H7843 throughout the territory of Israel.’ Now, therefore, consider what answer I shall bring back to Him who sent me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy H7843 it; but as he was about to destroy H7843 it, the LORD saw and was sorry about the catastrophe, and said to the destroying H7843 angel, “It is enough; now relax your hand.” And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of [fn]Ornan the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 -

When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy H7843 them; and I will grant them a little deliverance, and My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, so as not to destroy H7843 him completely; and conditions were also good in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy H7843 the house of David because of the covenant which He had made with David, and because He had promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23 -

Now it happened at the turn of the year that the army of the Arameans came up against Joash; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed H7843 all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoils to the king of Damascus.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - As he was talking with him, [fn]the king said to him, “Have we appointed you to be a royal counselor? Stop! Why should [fn]you be put to death?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has planned to destroy H7843 you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:16 -

But when he became strong, his heart was so [fn]proud that he acted H7843 corruptly H7843, and he was untrue to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:2 - He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued acting H7843 corruptly H7843.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11 - They in turn gave it to the carpenters and the builders to buy quarried stone and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go H7843 to H7843 ruin H7843.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But [fn]Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “[fn]What business do you have with me, King of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but against the house with which I am at war, and God has told me to hurry. For your own sake, stop interfering with God who is with me, so that He does not destroy H7843 you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed H7843 all its valuable articles.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 -

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are H7843 corrupt H7843, they have committed detestable acts;

There is no one who does good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 -

For the music director; according to [fn]Mahalath. A [fn]Maskil of David.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are H7843 corrupt H7843, and have committed abominable injustice;

There is no one who does good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 -

But He, being compassionate, [fn]forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy H7843 them;

And often He [fn]restrained His anger

And did not stir up all His wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:45 -

He sent swarms of flies among them that devoured them,

And frogs that destroyed H7843 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 -

Therefore He said that He would destroy them,

If Moses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him,

To turn away His wrath from destroying H7843 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:32 -

One who commits adultery with a woman is lacking [fn]sense;

He who would destroy H7843 [fn]himself commits it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:9 -

With his mouth the godless person destroys H7843 his neighbor,

But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 -

He also who is lax in his work

Is a brother to him who destroys H7843.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:8 -

You will vomit up [fn]the morsel you have eaten

And waste H7843 your [fn]compliments.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26 -

Like a trampled spring and a [fn]polluted H7843 well,

So is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24 -

He who robs his father or his mother

And says, “There is no wrong done,”

Is the companion of a person who destroys H7843.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 -

Oh, sinful nation,

People weighed down with guilt,

[fn]Offspring of evildoers,

Sons who act H7843 corruptly H7843!

They have abandoned the LORD,

They have despised the Holy One of Israel,

They have turned away [fn]from Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:9 -

They will not hurt or destroy H7843 in all My holy mountain,

For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD

As the waters cover the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:20 -

“You will not be united with them in burial,

Because you have ruined H7843 your country,

You have killed your people.

May the descendants of evildoers never be mentioned.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:10 - “And have I now come up [fn]without the LORD’S approval against this land to destroy H7843 it? The LORD said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy H7843 it.’”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:12 - ‘Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed H7843 save them: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 -

That you have forgotten the LORD your Maker,

Who stretched out the heavens

And laid the foundations of the earth,

That you fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor,

As he makes ready to destroy H7843?

And where is the rage of the oppressor?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 -

“Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals

And produces a weapon for its work;

And I have created the destroyer H7843 to inflict ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:8 -

This is what the LORD says:

“Just as the new wine is found in the cluster,

And one says, ‘Do not destroy H7843 it, for there is [fn]benefit in it,’

So I will act in behalf of My servants

In order not to destroy H7843 [fn]all of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm H7843 on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 -

“In vain I have struck your sons;

They did not accept discipline.

Your sword has devoured your prophets

Like a destroying H7843 lion.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 -

“A lion has gone up from his thicket,

And a destroyer H7843 of nations has set out;

He has gone out from his place

To make your land a waste.

Your cities will be ruins,

Without an inhabitant.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10 -

“Go up through her vine rows and destroy H7843,

But do not execute a complete destruction;

Strip away her branches,

For they are not the LORD’S.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:5 -

‘Arise, and let’s [fn]attack by night

And destroy H7843 her [fn]palaces!’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:28 -

All of them are stubbornly rebellious,

Going about as a slanderer;

They are bronze and iron.

They are, all of them, corrupt H7843.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:19 -

But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;

And I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying,

“Let’s destroy H7843 the tree with its [fn]fruit,

And let’s cut him off from the land of the living,

So that his name will no longer be remembered.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:10 -

“Many shepherds have ruined H7843 My vineyard,

They have trampled down My field;

They have made My pleasant field

A desolate wilderness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the undergarment from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the undergarment was ruined H7843, it was completely useless.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:9 - “This is what the LORD says: ‘To the same extent I will destroy H7843 the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - “Then I will smash them against each other, both the fathers and the sons together,” declares the LORD. “I will not have compassion nor be troubled nor take pity so as to keep from destroying H7843 them.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 -

“And I will appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the LORD: “the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the sky and the animals of the earth to devour and destroy H7843.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 -

“You who have forsaken Me,” declares the LORD,

“You keep going backward.

So I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy H7843 you;

I am tired of relenting!


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