STRONGS H7843:
Abbreviations
[
שָׁחַת]
151 verb go to ruin (?), only derived species (Late Hebrew Hiph. = Biblical Hebrew, Ecclus.
שחיתה Ecclesiasticus 30:11
corrupt act; Arabic
سَعَتَ extirpate; Ethiopic
ለሐጠ፡ injure, violate; Tel Amarna
šaḫâtu is
fall (especially of city),
be prostrate (? of land), perhaps Canaanism (see Wkl
TelAm. Vocab.), Assyrian possibly
šêtu,
flee, escape (compare
אבד); Old Aramaic (Zinjirli)
שחת destroy Lzb
374, Aramaic
H7844 שְׁחַת,
jeofw (assimilation of
t),
multilate; — very improbable Gerber
179denominative from
שַׁחַת); —
†
Niph. be marred, spoiled, Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִשְׁחַת, of waistcloth
Jeremiah 13:7, vessel
Jeremiah 18:4;
be injured, or even (hyperb.)
ruined, Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תִּשָּׁחֵת Exodus 8:20 (J) of land (
הֶעָרֹב מִפְּנֵי);
be corrupted, corrupt, in mnorals and rel., of earth,
Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִשְׁחָ֑תָה Genesis 6:12 (P),
Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular לִפְנֵי הָא׳ וַתִּשּׁ׳ Genesis 6:11 (P); so
Participle feminine plural as adjective
נִשְׁחָתוֺת Ezekiel 20:44.
†
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁחֵת Exodus 32:7 +, suffix
שִׁחֶתְךָ Hosea 13:9;
2nd person masculine singular שִׁחַתָּ Isaiah 14:20 +, etc.;
Imperative masculine plural
שַׁחֵ֑תוּ Jeremiah 5:10;
Infinitive construct שַׁחֵת Genesis 13:10 +, etc.; —
1. spoil, ruin, accusative of eye Exodus 21:26 (E), vineyard Jeremiah 12:10 (figurative), branches Nahum 2:3 (figurative), also = destroy, accusative of person 2 Samuel 1:14; 2 Samuel 14:11 (accusative omitted), Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 20:17, כָּל־בָשָׂר Genesis 6:17; Genesis 9:15 (P), city, fortress, etc., Genesis 13:10; Genesis 19:13, 29 (all J), 2 Samuel 24:16; Jeremiah 5:10 (accusative omitted), Jeremiah 48:18; Ezekiel 26:4; Ezekiel 43:3; Lamentations 2:5, ruin temple Lamentations 2:6, nation Hosea 11:9; Hosea 13:9 (read perhaps שִׁחַתִּךָ Oort Now), land 2 Kings 19:12 (Hiph. in || Isaiah 37:12), Judges 6:5; Joshua 22:33 (P), Ezekiel 22:30; Ezekiel 30:11, earth Genesis 9:11 (P); with ל object (ל 3b), city 1 Samuel 23:10, person Numbers 32:15 (P); with accusative רַחֲמָיו Amos 1:11, destroyed (stifled) his compassion (or, RSK 28 and others, the bonds of kinship, see רַחֲמִים), בְּרִית Malachi 2:8, i.e. violate it, see especially אַרְצָה וְשׁ׳ (that is, semen) Genesis 38:9 (J) he spoiled (it) upon the ground, made it ineffective, = waste words Proverbs 23:8.
2. pervert, corrupt, accusative wisdom Ezekiel 28:17, absolute = deal corruptly, הֶעֱמִיקוּ שִׁחֵתוּ Hosea 9:9 (compare [עָמֹק], p.770:b; but We Now read שַׁחְתּוֺ, √ שׁוח), Exodus 32:7 (JE), Deuteronomy 9:12, so לוֺ שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 32:5.
Hiph. 103 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁחִית Genesis 6:12 +;
1st person singular וְהִשְׁחַתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:20, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁחִית Daniel 8:24 +,
יַשְׁחִת Malachi 3:11 +,
וַיַּשְׁחֵת 1 Chronicles 20:1;
2nd person feminine singular וַתַּשְׁחִתִי Ezekiel 16:47,
2nd person masculine plural תַּשְׁחִתוּן Deuteronomy 4:16;
Deuteronomy 31:29;
Imperative masculine singular suffix
הַשְׁחִיתָהּ 2 Kings 18:25 =
Isaiah 36:10;
Infinitive absolute הַשְׁחֵת Deuteronomy 31:29; construct
הַשְׁחִית 1 Samuel 26:15 +, etc.;
Participle מַשְׁחִית Genesis 19:14 +, etc.; —
1. spoil, ruin, accusative crop Judges 6:4; Malachi 3:11, trees Deuteronomy 20:19, 20; Jeremiah 11:19 (figurative), vessels 2 Chronicles 36:19, houses 2 Chronicles 34:11, palaces Jeremiah 6:5 compare Isaiah 65:8; Leviticus 19:27 (H), Ruth 4:6; דַּיָּם הִשׁ׳ Jeremiah 49:9 thieves damage as much as they want; accusative of person = ruin, destroy, 1 Samuel 26:9, 15; Judges 20:21, 25 (+ אַ֫רְצָה), Judges 20:35; Judges 20:42; 2 Kings 13:23; 2 Chronicles 24:23 (+ מִן separ.), + 12 times, + (accusative of person omitted) Isaiah 51:13 + 4 times, accusative בֵּית דָּוִד 2 Chronicles 21:7, absolute Isaiah 11:9 = Isaiah 65:25; also ruin one (by words) Proverbs 11:9; accusative עַם 2 Samuel 24:16; Deuteronomy 9:26; land 1 Samuel 6:5; Jeremiah 36:29; Daniel 11:17 (see Dr); city wall 2 Samuel 20:15 (Ew Th here denominative from שַׁחַת they were making a pit; < We (?) Klo Dr Bu HPS Now מְחַשְּׁבִים were devising), Lamentations 2:8, cities and nations Genesis 18:28 (twice in verse) (J, accusative omitted), Genesis 19:13, 14 (J), Isaiah 37:12 (Pi. in || 2 Kings 19:12), 2Ki 36:10 (twice in verse) = 2 Kings 18:25 (twice in verse) + 11 times + (Israel personified) Deuteronomy 4:31; Deuteronomy 10:10; 2 Kings 8:19, pride of Judah Jeremiah 13:9, earth Jeremiah 51:1; absolute with adverb accusative Daniel 8:24 (see Dr; Bev conjecture יְשׂחֵחַ or יָשִׂיחַ utter monstrous things), compare 1 Chronicles 21:12; Participle as adjective, of lion Jeremiah 2:30, angel 1 Chronicles 21:15; = destroyer Exodus 12:23 (J), Jeremiah 22:7; Isaiah 54:16, גּוֺיִם מ׳ Jeremiah 4:7, רוּחַ מ׳ Jeremiah 51:1; singular collective (הַמּ׳ Ges§ 126 l; the destroying band, compare Dr Bu Now) 1 Samuel 13:17; 1 Samuel 14:15 (spoilers, ravagers); figurative for snare, trap, Jeremiah 5:26.
†2. pervert, corrupt, morally, accusative דֶּרֶךְ Genesis 6:12 (P; see דֶּרֶךְ 6), נַפְשׁוֺ Proverbs 6:32, compare Zephaniah 3:7; Ezekiel 23:11 (מִן compare); הִשׁ׳ הִתְעִיבוּ עֲלִילָה Psalm 14:1 = Psalm 53:2; הַשְׁחֵת תַּשְׁח׳ (+ verb of particular act) Deuteronomy 4:16; Deuteronomy 31:29; declar. = act corruptly, Isaiah 1:4; Deuteronomy 4:28 (+ verb of act), 2 Chronicles 27:2, + מִן compare Judges 2:19; Ezekiel 16:47; Participle as substantive Jeremiah 6:28, אִישׁ מַשׁ׳ Proverbs 28:24 (Proverbs 18:9 see infra). — אַל־תַּשְׁחֵת destroy not (catchword of old song or melody ?) in Psalm-titles: † [H516 Psalm 57:1; Psalm 58:1; Psalm 59:1; Psalm 75:1].
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Hoph. Participle מָשְׁחָת spoiled, ruined, of a spring,
מָקוֺר Proverbs 25:26 (||
נִרְפָּשׂ מַעְיָן); as substantive
Malachi 1:14 sacrificing a
spoiled thing.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
6:11; 6:12; 6:12; 6:12; 6:17; 9:11; 9:15; 13:10; 13:10; 18:28; 19:13; 19:13; 19:14; 19:14; 19:29; 38:9
Exodus
8:20; 12:23; 21:26; 32:7; 32:7
Leviticus
19:27
Numbers
32:15
Deuteronomy
4:16; 4:16; 4:28; 4:31; 9:12; 9:26; 10:10; 20:19; 20:20; 31:29; 31:29; 31:29; 32:5
Joshua
22:33
Judges
2:19; 6:4; 6:5; 20:21; 20:25; 20:35; 20:42
Ruth
4:6
1 Samuel
6:5; 13:17; 14:15; 23:10; 26:9; 26:15; 26:15
2 Samuel
1:14; 14:11; 20:15; 24:16; 24:16
2 Kings
8:19; 13:23; 18:25; 18:25; 19:12; 19:12
1 Chronicles
20:1; 21:12; 21:15
2 Chronicles
21:7; 24:23; 27:2; 34:11; 36:19
Psalms
14:1; 53:2
Proverbs
6:32; 11:9; 18:9; 23:8; 25:26; 28:24
Isaiah
1:4; 11:9; 14:20; 36:10; 37:12; 37:12; 51:13; 54:16; 65:8; 65:25
Jeremiah
2:30; 4:7; 5:10; 5:10; 5:26; 6:5; 6:28; 11:19; 12:10; 13:7; 13:9; 18:4; 22:7; 36:29; 48:18; 49:9; 51:1; 51:1; 51:20
Lamentations
2:5; 2:6; 2:8
Ezekiel
5:16; 16:47; 16:47; 20:17; 20:44; 22:30; 23:11; 26:4; 28:17; 30:11; 43:3
Daniel
8:24; 8:24; 11:17
Hosea
9:9; 11:9; 13:9; 13:9
Amos
1:11
Nahum
2:3
Zephaniah
3:7
Malachi
1:14; 2:8; 3:11; 3:11