7845. shachath
Strong's Lexicon
shachath: Pit, destruction, corruption

Original Word: שַׁחַת
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: shachath
Pronunciation: shah-khath'
Phonetic Spelling: (shakh'-ath)
Definition: Pit, destruction, corruption
Meaning: a pit, destruction

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb שָׁחַת (shachath), meaning "to destroy" or "to corrupt."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 5421 (phrear): A pit or well, often used in the Septuagint to translate "shachath."

- Strong's Greek 86 (Hades): The Greek equivalent of Sheol, often used in the New Testament to describe the realm of the dead.

Usage: The Hebrew word "shachath" primarily refers to a pit or a place of destruction. It is often used metaphorically to describe a state of ruin or corruption, both physically and morally. In the Old Testament, it can denote a literal pit, such as a cistern or a trap, or it can symbolize the grave, Sheol, or a place of judgment and decay.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, the concept of a pit or a place of destruction was closely associated with Sheol, the abode of the dead. The imagery of a pit was used to convey the idea of being trapped, lost, or in a state of hopelessness. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of the afterlife and the consequences of moral and spiritual corruption.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from shuach
Definition
a pit
NASB Translation
destruction (1), dungeon (1), hole (1), pit (18), undergo decay (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
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 vb); with ברת Psalm 94:13; Proverbs 26:27; + Psalm 35:8b ᵑ6 We (for שׁוֺאֶה); ׳טָבַל בּשׁ Job 9:31.

2 pit of Sh®°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 Ezek. on, בּוֺר

5; also אֲבַדּוֺן, p. 2, and עִמְקֵי שְׁאוֺל Proverbs 9:18. This distinction of two parts of שְׁאוֺל became important in Jewish and Christian theology).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit

From shuwach; a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction -- corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.

see HEBREW shuwach

Forms and Transliterations
בְּשַׁ֣חַת בְּשַׁחְתָּ֣ם בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥ם בַּשַּׁ֣חַת בַּשָּׁ֑חַת בשחת בשחתם הַשָּֽׁחַת׃ השחת׃ חת לַשַּׁ֔חַת לַשַּׁ֖חַת לַשַּׁ֣חַת לשחת מִשַּׁ֛חַת מִשַּׁ֣חַת משחת שַּׁ֭חַת שַׁ֗חַת שַׁ֣חַת שָֽׁחַת׃ שָׁ֑חַת שָׁ֗חַת שָׁ֥חַת שחת baš·ša·ḥaṯ baš·šā·ḥaṯ bashShachat baššaḥaṯ baššāḥaṯ bə·ša·ḥaṯ bə·šaḥ·tām bəšaḥaṯ bəšaḥtām beShachat beshachTam chat haš·šā·ḥaṯ hashShachat haššāḥaṯ ḥaṯ laš·ša·ḥaṯ lashShachat laššaḥaṯ miš·ša·ḥaṯ mishShachat miššaḥaṯ ša·ḥaṯ šā·ḥaṯ šaḥaṯ šāḥaṯ Shachat
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Englishman's Concordance
Job 9:31
HEB: אָ֭ז בַּשַּׁ֣חַת תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִי
NAS: You would plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes
KJV: shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes
INT: Yet the pit plunge abhor

Job 17:14
HEB: לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי
NAS: If I call to the pit, 'You are my father;
KJV: I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father:
INT: to the pit call Thou my father

Job 33:18
HEB: נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־ שָׁ֑חַת וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ מֵעֲבֹ֥ר
NAS: his soul from the pit, And his life
KJV: his soul from the pit, and his life
INT: his soul from the pit and his life passing

Job 33:22
HEB: וַתִּקְרַ֣ב לַשַּׁ֣חַת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ
NAS: draws near to the pit, And his life
KJV: draweth near unto the grave, and his life
INT: draws to the pit his soul and his life

Job 33:24
HEB: פְּ֭דָעֵהוּ מֵרֶ֥דֶת שָׁ֗חַת מָצָ֥אתִי כֹֽפֶר׃
NAS: him from going down to the pit, I have found
KJV: him from going down to the pit: I have found
INT: Deliver going to the pit have found A ransom

Job 33:28
HEB: ק) מֵעֲבֹ֣ר בַּשָּׁ֑חַת [וְחַיָּתִי כ]
NAS: from going to the pit, And my life
KJV: from going into the pit, and his life
INT: any going to the pit age the light

Job 33:30
HEB: נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־ שָׁ֑חַת לֵ֝א֗וֹר בְּא֣וֹר
NAS: his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened
KJV: his soul from the pit, to be enlightened
INT: his soul from the pit may be enlightened the light

Psalm 7:15
HEB: וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּ וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗ל בְּשַׁ֣חַת יִפְעָֽל׃
NAS: it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.
KJV: it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.
INT: and hollowed fallen the hole made

Psalm 9:15
HEB: טָבְע֣וּ ג֭וֹיִם בְּשַׁ֣חַת עָשׂ֑וּ בְּרֶֽשֶׁת־
NAS: have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
KJV: are sunk down in the pit [that] they made:
INT: have sunk the nations the pit have made the net

Psalm 16:10
HEB: חֲ֝סִידְךָ֗ לִרְא֥וֹת שָֽׁחַת׃
NAS: Your Holy One to undergo decay.
KJV: thine Holy One to see corruption.
INT: your Holy to see to undergo

Psalm 30:9
HEB: בְּרִדְתִּ֪י אֶ֫ל־ שָׁ֥חַת הֲיוֹדְךָ֥ עָפָ֑ר
NAS: if I go down to the pit? Will the dust
KJV: when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust
INT: go about corruption praise ashes

Psalm 35:7
HEB: טָֽמְנוּ־ לִ֭י שַׁ֣חַת רִשְׁתָּ֑ם חִ֝נָּ֗ם
NAS: they dug a pit for my soul.
KJV: for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause
INT: without hid A pit their net cause

Psalm 49:9
HEB: לֹ֖א יִרְאֶ֣ה הַשָּֽׁחַת׃
NAS: on eternally, That he should not undergo decay.
KJV: for ever, [and] not see corruption.
INT: not see undergo

Psalm 55:23
HEB: תּוֹרִדֵ֬ם ׀ לִבְאֵ֬ר שַׁ֗חַת אַנְשֵׁ֤י דָמִ֣ים
NAS: to the pit of destruction; Men
KJV: into the pit of destruction: bloody
INT: will bring to the pit of destruction men of bloodshed

Psalm 94:13
HEB: יִכָּרֶ֖ה לָרָשָׁ֣ע שָֽׁחַת׃
NAS: Until a pit is dug
KJV: of adversity, until the pit be digged
INT: is dug the wicked A pit

Psalm 103:4
HEB: הַגּוֹאֵ֣ל מִשַּׁ֣חַת חַיָּ֑יְכִי הַֽ֝מְעַטְּרֵ֗כִי
NAS: your life from the pit, Who crowns
KJV: thy life from destruction; who crowneth
INT: redeems the pit life crowns

Proverbs 26:27
HEB: כֹּֽרֶה־ שַּׁ֭חַת בָּ֣הּ יִפֹּ֑ל
NAS: He who digs a pit will fall
KJV: Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall
INT: digs A pit will fall rolls

Isaiah 38:17
HEB: חָשַׁ֤קְתָּ נַפְשִׁי֙ מִשַּׁ֣חַת בְּלִ֔י כִּ֥י
NAS: my soul from the pit of nothingness,
KJV: to my soul [delivered it] from the pit of corruption:
INT: has kept my soul the pit of nothingness for

Isaiah 51:14
HEB: וְלֹא־ יָמ֣וּת לַשַּׁ֔חַת וְלֹ֥א יֶחְסַ֖ר
NAS: and will not die in the dungeon, nor
KJV: and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread
INT: nor die the dungeon nor be lacking

Ezekiel 19:4
HEB: אֵלָ֛יו גּוֹיִ֖ם בְּשַׁחְתָּ֣ם נִתְפָּ֑שׂ וַיְבִאֻ֥הוּ
NAS: him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought
KJV: of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought
INT: about nations their pit was captured brought

Ezekiel 19:8
HEB: עָלָ֛יו רִשְׁתָּ֖ם בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥ם נִתְפָּֽשׂ׃
NAS: him; He was captured in their pit.
KJV: over him: he was taken in their pit.
INT: over their net their pit was captured

Ezekiel 28:8
HEB: לַשַּׁ֖חַת יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ וָמַ֛תָּה
NAS: They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die
KJV: They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die
INT: to the pit will bring the death

Jonah 2:6
HEB: לְעוֹלָ֑ם וַתַּ֧עַל מִשַּׁ֛חַת חַיַּ֖י יְהוָ֥ה
NAS: up my life from the pit, O LORD
KJV: my life from corruption, O LORD
INT: forever have brought the pit my life LORD

23 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7845
23 Occurrences


baš·ša·ḥaṯ — 2 Occ.
bə·ša·ḥaṯ — 2 Occ.
bə·šaḥ·tām — 2 Occ.
ḥaṯ — 1 Occ.
haš·šā·ḥaṯ — 1 Occ.
laš·ša·ḥaṯ — 4 Occ.
miš·ša·ḥaṯ — 3 Occ.
šā·ḥaṯ — 8 Occ.
















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