H7843 · שָׁחַת
shâchath · shaw-khath' · destroy, corrupt, mar
H7843 (shâchath, pronounced shaw-khath') is the Hebrew word שָׁחַת in Strong’s dictionary: to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively). It appears 146 times in 135 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- שָׁחַת (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- shâchath
- Pronunciation
- shaw-khath'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
- Rendered in the KJV
- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
146 occurrences in 135 verses (145 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “to destroy” ×12
- “destroy” ×8
- “destroy it” ×5
- “and destroy” ×4
- “destroyed” ×4
- “and destroyed” ×3
- “destroy them” ×3
- “to destroy you” ×3
By book
Genesis 14 · Exodus 4 · Leviticus 1 · Numbers 1 · Deuteronomy 10 · Joshua 1 · Judges 7 · Ruth 1 · 1 Samuel 6 · 2 Samuel 6 · 2 Kings 4 · 1 Chronicles 3 · 2 Chronicles 10 · Psalms 5 · Proverbs 5 · Isaiah 9 · Jeremiah 21 · Lamentations 3 · Ezekiel 11 · Daniel 4 · Hosea 3 · Amos 1 · Nahum 1 · Zephaniah 1 · Malachi 3
First 30 of 135 verses
- 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
- Exodus 32:7
- Leviticus 19:27
- Numbers 32:15
- Deuteronomy 4:16
- Deuteronomy 4:25
- Deuteronomy 4:31
- Deuteronomy 9:12
- Deuteronomy 9:26
- Deuteronomy 10:10
- Deuteronomy 20:19
- Deuteronomy 20:20
- Deuteronomy 31:29
- Deuteronomy 32:5
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H7843.