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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

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31 - Yet You would plunge me into the pit, H7845
And my own clothes would abhor me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - If I call to the pit, H7845 ‘You are 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 keeps back his soul from the pit, H7845
And his life from [fn]passing over into Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:22 - “Then his soul draws near to the pit, H7845
And his life to those who bring death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, H7845
I have found a ransom’;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 - ‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, H7845
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, H7845
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the hole H7845 which he made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - The nations have sunk down in the pit H7845 which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - For You will not abandon my soul to [fn]Sheol;
Nor will You [fn]allow Your [fn]Holy One to [fn]undergo H7845 decay. H7845

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 - “What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? H7845
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a [fn]pit H7845 for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - That he should live on eternally,
That he should not [fn]undergo H7845 decay. H7845

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23 - But You, O God, will bring them down to the [fn]pit of destruction; H7845
Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,
Until a pit H7845 is dug for the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4 - Who redeems your life from the pit, H7845
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - He who digs a pit H7845 will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - “Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness;
It is You who has [fn]kept my soul from the pit H7845 of [fn]nothingness,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:14 - “The [fn]exile will soon be set free, and will not die in the dungeon, H7845 nor will his bread be lacking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - ‘Then nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit, H7845
And they brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:8 - ‘Then nations set against him
On every side from their provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was captured in their pit. H7845

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:8 - ‘They will bring you down to the pit, H7845
And you will die the death of those who are slain
In the heart of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:6 - “I descended to the roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars was around me forever,
But You have brought up my life from [fn]the pit, H7845 O LORD my God.
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