Hebrew · Strong’s H7843
שָׁחַת
shâchath/shaw-khath'/
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Derivation:
a primitive root;
147
Times used
147
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Verses (first 60 of 106)
- Genesis 6:11
- Genesis 6:12
- Genesis 6:13
- Genesis 6:17
- Genesis 9:11
- Genesis 9:15
- Genesis 13:10
- Genesis 18:28
- Genesis 18:31
- Genesis 18:32
- Genesis 19:13
- Genesis 19:14
- Genesis 19:29
- Genesis 38:9
- Exodus 8:24
- Exodus 12:23
- Exodus 21:26
- Leviticus 19:27
- Numbers 32:15
- Deuteronomy 4:16
- Deuteronomy 4:25
- Deuteronomy 4:31
- Deuteronomy 9:12
- Deuteronomy 9:26
- Deuteronomy 20:19
- Deuteronomy 20:20
- Deuteronomy 31:29
- Deuteronomy 32:5
- Joshua 22:33
- Judges 2:19
- Judges 6:4
- Judges 20:21
- Judges 20:25
- Judges 20:35
- Judges 20:42
- 1 Samuel 6:5
- 1 Samuel 13:17
- 1 Samuel 14:15
- 1 Samuel 23:10
- 1 Samuel 26:9
- 1 Samuel 26:15
- 2 Samuel 1:14
- 2 Samuel 11:1
- 2 Samuel 14:11
- 2 Samuel 20:15
- 2 Samuel 20:20
- 2 Samuel 24:16
- 2 Kings 8:19
- 2 Kings 13:23
- 2 Kings 18:25
- 2 Kings 19:12
- 1 Chronicles 20:1
- 1 Chronicles 21:12
- 1 Chronicles 21:15
- Psalms 14:1
- Psalms 53:1
- Psalms 78:38
- Proverbs 6:32
- Proverbs 11:9
- Proverbs 23:8
Words derived from it
- H4889מַשְׁחִית mashchîythdestructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption)
- H7844שְׁחַת shᵉchath{to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)}
- H4893מִשְׁחָת mishchâthdisfigurement
- H516אַל תַּשְׁחֵת ʼAl tashchêth'Thou must not destroy'; probably the opening words to a popular song
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.