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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 you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18 - He spares a person's life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:22 - He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - and if God is gracious to him and says, 'Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 - He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30 - to turn back his life from the place of corruption, 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 digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 - "What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

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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 deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4 - who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one 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 - "Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:14 - The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. 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 - The nations - the surrounding regions - attacked him. They threw 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 violently 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 very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God.
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