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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).
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

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31 -

then you dip me in a pit of mud,

and my own clothes despise me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

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and say to corruption, “You are my father,”

and to the maggot, “My mother” or “My sister,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:18

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God spares his soul from the Pit,

his life from crossing the river of death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:22

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He draws near to the Pit,

and his life to the executioners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:24

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and to be gracious to him and say,

“Spare 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 redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,

and I will continue to see the light.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:30

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in order to turn him back from the Pit,

so he may shine with the light of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 -

He dug a pit and hollowed it out

but fell into the hole he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:15

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The nations have fallen into the pit they made;

their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

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For you will not abandon me to Sheol;

you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:9

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“What gain is there in my death,

if I go down to the Pit?

Will the dust praise you?

Will it proclaim your truth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:7

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They hid their net for me without cause;

they dug a pit for me without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

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so that he may live forever

and not see the Pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:23

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God, you will bring them down

to the Pit of destruction;

men of bloodshed and treachery

will not live out half their days.

But I will trust in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:13

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to give him relief from troubled times

until a pit is dug for the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:4

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He redeems your life from the Pit;

he crowns you with faithful love and compassion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:27

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The one who digs a pit will fall into it,

and whoever rolls a stone —

it will come back on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:17

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Indeed, it was for my own well-being

that I had such intense bitterness;

but your love has delivered me

from the Pit of destruction,

for you have thrown all my sins behind your back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:14

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The prisoner[fn] is soon to be set free;

he will not die and go to the Pit,

and his food will not be lacking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 -

“When the nations heard about him,

he was caught in their pit.

Then they led him away with hooks

to the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:8 -

“Then the nations from the surrounding provinces

set out against him.

They spread their net over him;

he was caught in their pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:8 -

“They will bring you down to the Pit,

and you will die a violent death

in the heart of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:6

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I sank to the foundations of the mountains,

the earth’s gates shut behind me forever!

Then you raised my life from the Pit, LORD my God!

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