7819. shachat

Strong's Lexicon

shachat: To destroy, to corrupt, to ruin

Original Word: שָׁחַת
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: shachat
Pronunciation: shah-khat
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-khat')
Definition: To destroy, to corrupt, to ruin
Meaning: to slaughter

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to slaughter, beat
NASB Translation
beaten (5), deadly (1), kill (2), killed (1), kills (1), offer (1), slain (5), slaughter (17), slaughtered (28), slaughtering (1), slaughters (2), slay (16), slew (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שָׁחַט verb slaughter, beat (originally beat, flay? compare Assyrian ša—â‰u, flay, take off dress; Arabic slay (but = —; is this loan-word in Arabic ?); Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, especially in ritual); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Jeremiah 39:6 +, suffix וּשְׁחָטוֺ consecutive Leviticus 3:2, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁחַט Leviticus 4:24 +, 2 feminine singular וַתִּשְׁחֲטִי Ezekiel 16:21, 3masculine plural suffix וַיִּשְׁחָט֫וּהוּ Judges 12:6; Imperative masculine plural שַׁחֲטוּ Exodus 12:21; 2Chronicles 35:6; Infinitive absolute שָׁחֹט Isaiah 22:13; construct לִשְׁחֹט Genesis 22:10, וֺט- Ezekiel 40:39, suffix שַׁחֲטָם (Ges^{§ 64a}) Ezekiel 23:39; Participle active שׁוֺחֵט Isaiah 66:3, etc.; passive שָׁחוּט 1 Kings 10:16 +, etc.; — slaughter:

1 beast for food 1 Samuel 14:32,34 (twice in verse); Isaiah 22:13 ("" הָרַג), compare Leviticus 17:3 (twice in verse), for blood Genesis 37:31 (E).

2 usually (51 t.; Hexateuch only P, 38 t.) technical term of killing sacrifice (BJacob^{ZAW xvii (1897), 5i}), 1 Samuel 1:25; Exodus 29:11; Leviticus 1:5,11; Leviticus 4:24; Leviticus 9:8; Numbers 19:3; 2Chronicles 29:22 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 29:24 +; absolute Ezekiel 40:41 (אֶל location); bird Leviticus 14:5,6,50,51; beast in illicit sacrifice Isaiah 66:3; with accusative of sacrifice (עוֺלָה, אָשָׁם, חַטָאת, etc.) Ezekiel 40:39 (אֶל location), Ezekiel 40:42; Ezekiel 44:11; Leviticus 4:24; Leviticus 7:2; Leviticus 14:13 +; passover lamb Exodus 12:6, accusative הַמֶּסַח Exodus 12:21; 2Chronicles 30:15; 35:1,6,11; Ezra 6:20.

3 slaughter person Judges 12:6; 1 Kings 18:40; 2 Kings 10:7,14 (אֶל location), 2 Kings 25:7 = Jeremiah 39:6a = Jeremiah 52:10a, Jeremiah 39:6b = Jeremiah 52:10b, 41:7; ׳י subject Numbers 14:16 (JE); in human sacrifice Genesis 22:10 (E), to false gods Ezekiel 16:21; Ezekiel 23:39; Isaiah 57:5.

4 passive participle = beaten, hammered, זָהָב שָׁחוּט 1 Kings 10:16,17 2Chronicles 9:15a 2 Chronicles 9:16, of shekels 2 Chronicles 9:15; so also Jeremiah 9:7 Qr חֵץשָׁחוּט (> Kt שׁוֺחֵט) hammered (i.e. sharpened) arrow.

Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular יִשָּׁחֵט Numbers 11:22 (J) be slaughtered for food (subject beast); 3 feminine singular תִּשָּׁחֵט Leviticus 6:18 (twice in verse) (P) be slain, of sacrifice.

שְׁחֲטָה noun feminine (

Qal Infinitive construct Kö^{i. 263}) doubtful word; — שֵׂטִים הֶעְמִיקוּ ׳וְשׁ Hosea 5:2 RV (compare AV) the revolters are gone deep in slaughtering ['Opferschlächterei' Kö^{ii. 1. 590, n. 1}], Ew Now (formerly), Che in corrupting (read then שַׁחֲתָה); We Now GASm Marti שַׁחַת הַשִּׁטִּים have made deep the pit of Shittim (as place of idolatry).

שְׁחִין see שׁחן. שְׁחִיף see [ שָׂחִיף]. below,

שָׁחִיס Isaiah 37:30 = סָחִישׁ (in "" 2 Kings 19:29), q. v.

שׁחל (√ of following; Dl^Prol.34 compare Assyrian ša—âlu, call, proclaim; perhaps both onomatopoetic, as Arabic bray (of ass), compare Nö^{ZMG xi (1886), 725}).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter

A primitive root; to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre) -- kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.

Forms and Transliterations

הַשְּׁחֻטָ֔ה הַשְּׁחוּטָ֔ה השחוטה השחטה וְשַׁחֲט֖וּ וְשַׁחֲט֥וּ וְשַׁחֲטָ֥ה וְשָׁחֲט֣וּ וְשָׁחַ֖ט וְשָׁחַ֛ט וְשָׁחַ֞ט וְשָׁחַ֣ט וְשָׁחַ֤ט וְשָׁחַ֥ט וְשָׁחַ֨ט וְשָׁחַט֙ וְשָׁחַט֮ וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֖ וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֣ וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֥ וְשָׁחֹ֣ט וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ וַֽיִּשְׁחָט֞וּם וַֽתִּשְׁחֲטִ֖י וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּ וַיִּשְׁחֲט֤וּ וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ־ וַיִּשְׁחַ֖ט וַיִּשְׁחַ֛ט וַיִּשְׁחַ֤ט וַיִּשְׁחַ֧ט וַיִּשְׁחַט֩ וַיִּשְׁחָ֑ט וַיִּשְׁחָ֓ט ׀ וַיִּשְׁחָ֗ט וַיִּשְׁחָט֖וּהוּ וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖ם וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֞ם וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֥הוּ וַיִּשְׁחָטוּם֙ וּֽבְשַׁחֲטָ֤ם וּשְׁחַטְתֶּ֤ם וּשְׁחָט֕וֹ ובשחטם וישחט וישחטהו וישחטו וישחטו־ וישחטוהו וישחטום וישחטם ושחט ושחטה ושחטו ושחטת ושחטתם ותשחטי יִשְׁחֲט֖וּ יִשְׁחֲט֧וּ יִשְׁחֲט֨וּ יִשְׁחֲטוּ֙ יִשְׁחַ֔ט יִשְׁחַ֖ט יִשְׁחַ֜ט יִשְׁחַ֥ט יִשְׁחַ֧ט יִשְׁחָֽטוּ׃ יִשָּׁחֵ֥ט ישחט ישחטו ישחטו׃ לִשְׁח֤וֹט לִשְׁחֹ֖ט לשחוט לשחט שָׁחֲט֖וּ שָׁחַ֖ט שָׁחַ֥ט שֹׁחֲטֵ֤י שָׁח֛וּט שׁוֹחֵ֨ט שוחט שחוט שחט שחטו שחטי תִּשָּׁחֵ֤ט תִּשָּׁחֵ֨ט תִשְׁחֲט֖וּ תִשְׁחַ֥ט תשחט תשחטו haš·šə·ḥu·ṭāh haš·šə·ḥū·ṭāh hashshechuTah haššəḥuṭāh haššəḥūṭāh liš·ḥō·wṭ liš·ḥōṭ lishChot lišḥōṭ lišḥōwṭ šā·ḥă·ṭū šā·ḥaṭ šā·ḥūṭ šāḥaṭ šāḥăṭū šāḥūṭ shaChat shachaTu shaChut shochaTei shoChet šō·ḥă·ṭê šō·w·ḥêṭ šōḥăṭê šōwḥêṭ ṯiš·ḥă·ṭū ṯiš·ḥaṭ tiš·šā·ḥêṭ ṯišḥaṭ ṯišḥăṭū tishChat tishchaTu tishshaChet tiššāḥêṭ ū·ḇə·ša·ḥă·ṭām ū·šə·ḥā·ṭōw ū·šə·ḥaṭ·tem ūḇəšaḥăṭām ūšəḥāṭōw ūšəḥaṭtem ushechaTo ushechatTem uveshachaTam vaiyishChat vaiyishchaTehu vaiyishchaTem vaiyishchaTu vaiyishchaTuhu vaiyishchaTum vattishchaTi veshaChat veshachaTah veshachatTa veshachaTu veshaChot wat·tiš·ḥă·ṭî wattišḥăṭî way·yiš·ḥā·ṭê·hū way·yiš·ḥā·ṭêm way·yiš·ḥă·ṭū way·yiš·ḥă·ṭū- way·yiš·ḥā·ṭū·hū way·yiš·ḥā·ṭūm way·yiš·ḥaṭ way·yiš·ḥāṭ wayyišḥaṭ wayyišḥāṭ wayyišḥāṭêhū wayyišḥāṭêm wayyišḥăṭū wayyišḥăṭū- wayyišḥāṭūhū wayyišḥāṭūm wə·ša·ḥă·ṭāh wə·ša·ḥă·ṭū wə·šā·ḥă·ṭū wə·šā·ḥaṭ wə·šā·ḥaṭ·tā wə·šā·ḥōṭ wəšāḥaṭ wəšaḥăṭāh wəšāḥaṭtā wəšaḥăṭū wəšāḥăṭū wəšāḥōṭ yiš·ḥă·ṭū yiš·ḥā·ṭū yiš·ḥaṭ yiš·šā·ḥêṭ yišḥaṭ yišḥăṭū yišḥāṭū yishChat yishchaTu yishshaChet yiššāḥêṭ

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 22:10
HEB: אֶת־ הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת לִשְׁחֹ֖ט אֶת־ בְּנֽוֹ׃
NAS: and took the knife to slay his son.
KJV: and took the knife to slay his son.
INT: and took the knife to slay his son

Genesis 37:31
HEB: כְּתֹ֣נֶת יוֹסֵ֑ף וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ שְׂעִ֣יר עִזִּ֔ים
NAS: tunic, and slaughtered a male goat
KJV: coat, and killed a kid
INT: tunic Joseph's and slaughtered A male of the goats

Exodus 12:6
HEB: לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וְשָׁחֲט֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ כֹּ֛ל
NAS: of Israel is to kill it at twilight.
KJV: of Israel shall kill it in
INT: month of the same kill the whole assembly

Exodus 12:21
HEB: צֹ֛אן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם וְשַׁחֲט֥וּ הַפָּֽסַח׃
NAS: according to your families, and slay the Passover
KJV: according to your families, and kill the passover.
INT: lambs to your families and slay the Passover

Exodus 29:11
HEB: וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֥ אֶת־ הַפָּ֖ר
NAS: You shall slaughter the bull before
KJV: And thou shalt kill the bullock before
INT: shall slaughter the bull before

Exodus 29:16
HEB: וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֖ אֶת־ הָאָ֑יִל
NAS: and you shall slaughter the ram
KJV: And thou shalt slay the ram,
INT: shall slaughter the ram and shall take

Exodus 29:20
HEB: וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֣ אֶת־ הָאַ֗יִל
NAS: You shall slaughter the ram, and take
KJV: Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take
INT: shall slaughter the ram and take

Exodus 34:25
HEB: לֹֽא־ תִשְׁחַ֥ט עַל־ חָמֵ֖ץ
NAS: You shall not offer the blood
KJV: Thou shalt not offer the blood
INT: nor offer with leavened

Leviticus 1:5
HEB: וְשָׁחַ֛ט אֶת־ בֶּ֥ן
NAS: He shall slay the young bull
KJV: And he shall kill the bullock before
INT: shall slay the young bull

Leviticus 1:11
HEB: וְשָׁחַ֨ט אֹת֜וֹ עַ֣ל
NAS: He shall slay it on the side
KJV: And he shall kill it on the side
INT: shall slay on the side

Leviticus 3:2
HEB: רֹ֣אשׁ קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ וּשְׁחָט֕וֹ פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל
NAS: of his offering and slay it at the doorway
KJV: of his offering, and kill it [at] the door
INT: the head of his offering and slay the doorway of the tent

Leviticus 3:8
HEB: רֹ֣אשׁ קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ וְשָׁחַ֣ט אֹת֔וֹ לִפְנֵ֖י
NAS: of his offering and slay it before
KJV: of his offering, and kill it before
INT: the head of his offering and slay before the tent

Leviticus 3:13
HEB: עַל־ רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְשָׁחַ֣ט אֹת֔וֹ לִפְנֵ֖י
NAS: on its head and slay it before
KJV: upon the head of it, and kill it before
INT: on head and slay before the tent

Leviticus 4:4
HEB: רֹ֣אשׁ הַפָּ֔ר וְשָׁחַ֥ט אֶת־ הַפָּ֖ר
NAS: of the bull and slay the bull
KJV: head, and kill the bullock
INT: the head of the bull and slay the bull before

Leviticus 4:15
HEB: לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְשָׁחַ֥ט אֶת־ הַפָּ֖ר
NAS: and the bull shall be slain before
KJV: and the bullock shall be killed before
INT: before the LORD shall be slain and the bull before

Leviticus 4:24
HEB: רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׂעִ֔יר וְשָׁחַ֣ט אֹת֔וֹ בִּמְק֛וֹם
NAS: of the male goat and slay it in the place
KJV: of the goat, and kill it in the place
INT: the head of the male and slay the place where

Leviticus 4:24
HEB: בִּמְק֛וֹם אֲשֶׁר־ יִשְׁחַ֥ט אֶת־ הָעֹלָ֖ה
NAS: where they slay the burnt offering
KJV: it in the place where they kill the burnt offering
INT: the place where slay the burnt before

Leviticus 4:29
HEB: רֹ֣אשׁ הַֽחַטָּ֑את וְשָׁחַט֙ אֶת־ הַ֣חַטָּ֔את
NAS: offering and slay the sin offering
KJV: of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering
INT: the head of the sin and slay offering the place

Leviticus 4:33
HEB: רֹ֣אשׁ הַֽחַטָּ֑את וְשָׁחַ֤ט אֹתָהּ֙ לְחַטָּ֔את
NAS: offering and slay it for a sin offering
KJV: of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering
INT: the head of the sin and slay offering the place

Leviticus 4:33
HEB: בִּמְק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשְׁחַ֖ט אֶת־ הָעֹלָֽה׃
NAS: where they slay the burnt offering.
KJV: in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
INT: the place where slay the burnt

Leviticus 6:25
HEB: בִּמְק֡וֹם אֲשֶׁר֩ תִּשָּׁחֵ֨ט הָעֹלָ֜ה תִּשָּׁחֵ֤ט
NAS: the burnt offering is slain the sin offering
KJV: where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering
INT: the place where is slain the burnt shall be slain

Leviticus 6:25
HEB: תִּשָּׁחֵ֨ט הָעֹלָ֜ה תִּשָּׁחֵ֤ט הַֽחַטָּאת֙ לִפְנֵ֣י
NAS: the sin offering shall be slain before
KJV: shall the sin offering be killed before
INT: is slain the burnt shall be slain offering before

Leviticus 7:2
HEB: בִּמְק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁחֲטוּ֙ אֶת־ הָ֣עֹלָ֔ה
NAS: where they slay the burnt offering
KJV: In the place where they kill the burnt offering
INT: the place where slay the burnt slay

Leviticus 7:2
HEB: אֶת־ הָ֣עֹלָ֔ה יִשְׁחֲט֖וּ אֶת־ הָאָשָׁ֑ם
NAS: the burnt offering they are to slay the guilt offering,
KJV: the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering:
INT: slay the burnt slay the guilt blood

Leviticus 8:15
HEB: וַיִּשְׁחָ֗ט וַיִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֤ה
NAS: Next Moses slaughtered [it] and took
KJV: And he slew [it]; and Moses took
INT: slaughtered and took Moses

81 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7819
81 Occurrences

haš·šə·ḥu·ṭāh — 2 Occ.
liš·ḥōṭ — 2 Occ.
šā·ḥaṭ — 2 Occ.
šā·ḥă·ṭū — 1 Occ.
šā·ḥūṭ — 1 Occ.
šō·ḥă·ṭê — 1 Occ.
šō·w·ḥêṭ — 1 Occ.
ṯiš·ḥaṭ — 1 Occ.
ṯiš·ḥă·ṭū — 1 Occ.
tiš·šā·ḥêṭ — 2 Occ.
ū·šə·ḥā·ṭōw — 1 Occ.
ū·šə·ḥaṭ·tem — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ša·ḥă·ṭām — 1 Occ.
way·yiš·ḥāṭ — 8 Occ.
way·yiš·ḥā·ṭê·hū — 1 Occ.
way·yiš·ḥā·ṭêm — 3 Occ.
way·yiš·ḥă·ṭū — 12 Occ.
way·yiš·ḥā·ṭū·hū — 1 Occ.
way·yiš·ḥā·ṭūm — 2 Occ.
wat·tiš·ḥă·ṭî — 1 Occ.
wə·šā·ḥaṭ — 16 Occ.
wə·ša·ḥă·ṭāh — 1 Occ.
wə·šā·ḥaṭ·tā — 3 Occ.
wə·šā·ḥă·ṭū — 3 Occ.
wə·šā·ḥōṭ — 1 Occ.
yiš·ḥaṭ — 6 Occ.
yiš·ḥă·ṭū — 5 Occ.
yiš·šā·ḥêṭ — 1 Occ.