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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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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 wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, 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 passing away by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:22 - And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 - He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30 - 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 digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol, neither wilt thou allow 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, in my going 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 hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23 - And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, 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 the pit, who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - 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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; 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 - He that is bowed down shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - And the nations heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with nose-rings into 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 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 deaths of those 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 bars of the earth closed upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
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