Hebrew · Strong's H7843 · Verb
שָׁחַת
sha·chat
to ruin
146times used
135verses
25books
How it's translated
- to destroy18
- and they destroyed6
- i will destroy it3
- the destroyer3
- to destroy you3
- to destroy it3
- they destroyed3
- and he spoiled2
Definition
1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay
1a) (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to spoil, ruin
1b2) to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to spoil, ruin, destroy
1c2) to pervert, corrupt (morally)
The forms it takes
Stem
Form
- Infinitive 28% “to …”, or for emphasis
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 21% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Perfect (qatal) 16% a complete action, usually past
- Participle 16% one who is doing
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 9% and then …: the storyteller’s past
- Weqatal (“and he will”) 9% and then …: future or instructions
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Jeremiah21
- Genesis14
- Ezekiel11
- Deuteronomy10
- 2 Chronicles10
- Isaiah9
- Judges7
- 1 Samuel6
- 2 Samuel6
- Psalms5
…and 15 more books.
Every verse
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