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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 will plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes will abhor me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
And to the worm, ‘You are 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,
And his life from perishing by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:22 - Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,
And his life to the executioners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - Then He is gracious to him, and says,
‘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 will redeem his[fn] soul from going down to the Pit,
And his[fn] 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 life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - He made a pit and dug it out,
And has fallen into the ditch 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 which they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your 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,
When I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise You?
Will it declare Your truth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit,
Which they have dug without cause for my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - That he should continue to live eternally,
And not see the Pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23 - But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall 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 give him rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit 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 destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - Indeed it was for my own peace
That I had great bitterness;
But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption,
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 captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed,
That he should not die in the pit,
And that his bread should not fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - The nations also heard of him;
He was trapped in their pit,
And they brought him with chains to 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 from the provinces on every side,
And spread their net over him;
He was trapped in their pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:8 - They shall throw you down into the Pit,
And you shall die the death of the slain
In the midst of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:6 - I went down to the moorings of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit,
O LORD, my God.
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