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Lexicon :: Strong's H7845 - šaḥaṯ

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שַׁחַת
Transliteration
šaḥaṯ
Pronunciation
shakh'-ath
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2343.1c,2370d

Strong’s Definitions

שַׁחַת shachath, shakh'-ath; from H7743; a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction:—corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H7845 in the following manner: corruption (4x), pit (14x), destruction (2x), ditch (2x), grave (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H7845 in the following manner: corruption (4x), pit (14x), destruction (2x), ditch (2x), grave (1x).

  1. pit, destruction, grave

    1. pit (for catching lions)

    2. pit (of Hell)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שַׁחַת shachath, shakh'-ath; from H7743; a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction:—corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
STRONGS H7845: Abbreviations
† שַׁ֫חַת noun feminine pit; — absolute שׁ׳ Psalm 7:16 +; שָׁ֑חַת Psalm 16:10 +; construct שַׁ֫תַת Isaiah 38:17; Psalm 35:7; suffix שַׁחְתָּם Ezekiel 19:4, 8 (+ שַׁחְתֹּה Psalm 35:8b We); —
1. pit, for catching lion (in figurative) Ezekiel 19:4, 8; figurative פעל שׁ׳ Psalm 7:16; with עשׂה Psalm 9:16; with חפר Psalm 35:7 (trasnp. שׁ׳ to Psalm 35:7b); with ברת Psalm 94:13; Proverbs 26:27; + Psalm 35:8b Syriac Version We (for שׁוֺאֶה); טָבַל בּשׁ׳ Job 9:31.
2. pit of She’ôl, ירר שׁ׳ Job 33:24; ראה (ה)שׁ׳ Psalm 16:10 (|| שִׁאוֺל), Psalm 49:10; לשׁ׳, with הוֺרִיד Ezekiel 28:8, and Psalm 55:24 (לִבְאֵר שׁ׳); קָרֵב Job 33:22; יָמוּת Isaiah 51:14; עָבַר בֵשּׁ׳ Job 33:28; יָרַד אֶלשֿׁ׳ Psalm 30:10; מִשּׁ׳, with חשׁק Isaiah 38:17 (poem), with חשׂח Job 33:18 (מִנִּיֿ); with העלה Jonah 2:7; with הֵשִׁיב Job 33:30 (מִנִּיֿ); with נאל Psalm 103:4; personified Job 17:14 (|| רִמָּה). — שׁ׳ here either = שְׁאוֺל (hollow place, cavern), or < = pit in שְׁאוֺל (compare, from Ezekiel on, בּוֺר 5; also אֲבַדּוֺן, and עִמְקֵי שְׁאוֺל Proverbs 9:18. This distinction of two parts of שְׁאוֺל became important in Jewish and Christian theology).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

9:31; 17:14; 33:18; 33:22; 33:24; 33:28; 33:30

Psalms

7:16; 7:16; 9:16; 16:10; 16:10; 30:10; 35:7; 35:7; 35:7; 35:8; 35:8; 49:10; 94:13; 103:4

Proverbs

9:18; 26:27

Isaiah

38:17; 38:17; 51:14

Ezekiel

19:4; 19:4; 19:8; 19:8; 28:8

Jonah

2:7

H7845

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7845 matches the Hebrew שַׁחַת (šaḥaṯ),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:31

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Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch,
And mine own clothes shall abhor me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 -
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father;
To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18 -
He keepeth back his soul from the pit,
And his life from perishing by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:22

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Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit,
And his life to the destroyers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:24

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Then God is gracious unto him, and saith,
Deliver him from going down to the pit,
I have found a ransom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:28

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He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit,
And my life shall behold the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:30

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To bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 -
He hath made a pit, and digged it,
And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:15

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The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made:
In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

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For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol;
Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 -
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?
Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 -
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit;
Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 -
That he should still live alway,
That he should not see corruption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:23

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But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:13

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That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit be digged for the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4 -
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;
Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:27

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Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein;
And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:17

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Behold, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness:
But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption;
For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:14 - The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:8 - Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:8 - They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:6 -
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed upon me for ever:
Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
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