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Strong's Number H7843

שָׁחַת

shachath · shaw-khath'

Transliteration:

shachath{shaw-khath'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

2370

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

destroy 98, corrupt 23, mar 7, destroyer 3, corrupters 2, waster 2, spoilers 2, battered 1, corruptly 1, misc 11

Total: 147
Occurs 146 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay
1. (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted
2. (Piel)
  1. to spoil, ruin
  2. to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally)
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to spoil, ruin, destroy
  2. to pervert, corrupt (morally)
  3. destroyer (participle)
4. (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)