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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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Then H227 You would plunge H2881 me into the pit H7845,

And my own clothes H8008 would loathe H8581 me.

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If I call H7121 to the grave H7845, ‘You are my father H1’;

To the maggot H7415, ‘my mother H517 and my sister H269’;

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He keeps H2820 his soul H5315 back H2820 from the pit H7845,

And his life H2416 from perishing H5674 by the spear H7973.

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“Then his soul H5315 comes H7126 near H7126 to the pit H7845,

And his life H2416 to those who bring H4191 death H4191.

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And he is H2603 gracious H2603 to him, and says H559,

‘Free H6308 him from going H3381 down H3381 to the pit H7845,

I have found H4672 a ransom H3724’;

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‘He has redeemed H6299 my soul H5315 from going H5674 to the pit H7845,

And my life H2416 will see H7200 the light H216.’

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To bring H7725 back H7725 his soul H5315 from the pit H7845,

So that he may be enlightened H215 with the light H216 of life H2416.

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He has dug H3738 a pit H953 and hollowed H2658 it out H2658,

And has fallen H5307 into the hole H7845 which he made H6466.

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The nations H1471 have sunk H2883 down H2883 into the pit H7845 which they have made H6213;

In the net H7568 which H2098 they hid H2934, their own foot H7272 has been caught H3920.

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For You will not abandon H5800 my soul H5315 to [fn]Sheol H7585;

You will not [fn]allow H5414 Your [fn]Holy H2623 One H2623 to [fn]undergo H7845 decay H7845.

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“What H4100 gain H1215 is there in my blood H1818, if I go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H7845?

Will the dust H6083 praise H3034 You? Will it declare H5046 Your faithfulness H571?

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For they hid H2934 their net H7568 for me without H2600 cause H2600;

Without H2600 cause H2600 they dug H2658 a pit H7845 for my soul H5315.

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That he might live H2421 on eternally H5331,

That he might not [fn]undergo H7845 decay H7845.

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But You, God H430, will bring H3381 them down H3381 to the pit H875 of destruction H7845;

Men H376 of bloodshed H1818 and deceit H4820 will not live H2673 out H2673 half H2673 their days H3117.

But I will trust H982 in You.

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So that You may grant H8252 him relief H8252 from the days H3117 of adversity H7451,

Until H5704 a pit H7845 is dug H3738 for the wicked H7563.

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Who redeems H1350 your life H2416 from the pit H7845,

Who crowns H5849 you with favor H2617 and compassion H7356;

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One who digs H3738 a pit H7845 will fall H5307 into it,

And one who rolls H1556 a stone H68, it will come H7725 back H7725 on him.

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“Behold H2009, for my own welfare H7965 I had great H4751 bitterness H4751;

But You have [fn]kept H2820 my soul H5315 from the pit H7845 of [fn]nothingness H1097,

For You have hurled H7993 all H3605 my sins H2399 behind H310 Your back H1460.

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“The [fn]exile H6808 will soon H4116 be set H6605 free H6605, and will not die H4191 in the [fn]dungeon H7845, nor H3808 will his bread H3899 be lacking H2637.

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‘Then nations H1471 heard H8085 about H413 him;

He was caught H8610 in their trap H7845,

And they brought H935 him with hooks H2397

To the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

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‘Then nations H1471 set H5414 against H5921 him

On every H5439 side H5439 from their provinces H4082,

And they spread H6566 their net H7568 over H5921 him;

He was caught H8610 in their trap H7845.

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‘They will bring H3381 you down H3381 to the pit H7845,

And you will die H4191 the death H4463 of those who are killed H2491

In the heart H3820 of the seas H3220.

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“I descended H3381 to the base H7095 of the mountains H2022.

The earth H776 with its bars H1280 was around H1157 me forever H5769,

But You have brought H5927 up H5927 my life H2416 from [fn]the pit H7845, LORD H3068 my God H430.

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