Shachath

shaw-khath'
Parts of Speech Verb

Shachath Definition

  1. 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)
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
txX
Origin
a primitive root
Strong's Number
07843
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 2370

KJV Word Usage

destroy
96
corrupt
22
mar
7
destroyer
3
corrupters
2
waster
2
spoilers
2
battered
1
corruptly
1
miscellaneous
11
Total
147

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Shachath". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .