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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 - yet thou wilt plunge me into a 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 the pit, '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 keeps back his soul from the Pit, his life from perishing by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:22 - His soul draws near the Pit, and his life to those who bring death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - and he is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the Pit, 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 down into the Pit, 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, that he may see the light of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole which he has made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:10 - For thou dost not give me up to Sheol, or let thy godly one see the Pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 - "What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise thee? Will it tell of thy 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 pit for my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - that he should continue to live on for ever, and never see the Pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23 - But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - to give him respite from days of trouble, until a 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 the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - Lo, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but thou hast held back my life from the pit of destruction, for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:14 - He who is bowed down shall speedily be released; he shall not die and go down to the Pit, neither shall his bread fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - The nations sounded an alarm against him; he was taken in their pit; 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 the nations set against him snares on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:8 - They shall thrust you down into the Pit, and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:6 - at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O LORD my God.
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