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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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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 in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - To corruption I have called: -- 'Thou art my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' -- to the worm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18 - He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:22 - And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - Then He doth favour him and saith, 'Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 - He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:30 - To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 - 'What gain is in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23 - And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:4 - Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee -- kindness and mercies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:14 - Hastened hath a wanderer to be loosed, And he doth not die at the pit, And his bread is not lacking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - And hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:8 - And set against it do nations Round about from the provinces. And they spread out for it their net, In their pit it hath been caught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:8 - To destruction they bring thee down, Thou diest by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:6 - To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars are behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.
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