Strong's H7843 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: שָׁחַת (shâchath)

Pronunciation: shaw-khath'

POS: shaw-khath' Morph: v

Exegesis: a primitive root;

Definition: a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).

KJV Usage: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay
• 2. 1a) (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted
• 3. 1b) (Piel)
• 4. 1b1) to spoil, ruin
• 5. 1b2) to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally)
• 6. 1c) (Hiphil)
• 7. 1c1) to spoil, ruin, destroy
• 8. 1c2) to pervert, corrupt (morally)
• 9. 1c3) destroyer (participle)
• 10. 1d) (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)

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