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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)
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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).
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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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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 BoxJob 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31 - thou hadst thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption to be my mother and sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18 - He spares also his soul from death, and suffers him not to fall in war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:22 - His soul also draws nigh to death, and his life is in Hades.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - he will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; and he will fill his bones with marrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 - Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, and my life shall see the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30 - And he has delivered my soul from death, that my life may praise him in the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - (LXX 7:16) He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - (LXX 9:16) The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - (LXX 15:10) because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 - (LXX 29:10) What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to thee? or shall it declare thy truth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - (LXX 34:7) For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - (LXX 48:10) and live to the end, so that he should not see corruption.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23 - (LXX 54:24) But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in thee, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - (LXX 93:13) to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4 - (LXX 102:4) who redeems thy life from corruption; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - For thou hast chosen my soul, that it should not perish: and thou hast cast all my sins behind me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:14 - For in thy deliverance he shall not halt, nor tarry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:8 - Then the nations set upon him from the countries round about, and they spread their nets upon him: he was taken in their pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:8 - and they shall bring down thy beauty to destruction. And they shall bring thee down; and thou shalt die the death of the slain in the heart of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:6 - (LXX 2:7) to the clefts of the mountains; I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting barriers: yet, O Lord my God, let my ruined life be restored.
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