שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ · shaw-khat'
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to separate and protect › to surround and contain
To consume, to destroy that works to separate and protect that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁחַט above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
81 occurrences · 81 OT · 0 NT · 65 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and slew7 · 13%
- and kill5 · 10%
- and he shall kill4 · 8%
- slew4 · 8%
- and slay3 · 6%
- and he slew3 · 6%
- where they kill3 · 6%
- and killed2 · 4%
- he slew2 · 4%
- and they killed2 · 4%
- be killed2 · 4%
- and they slew2 · 4%
- and thou shalt kill1 · 2%
- and he shall slay1 · 2%
- that was killed1 · 2%
- shall kill1 · 2%
- shall they kill1 · 2%
- is killed1 · 2%
- shall be killed1 · 2%
- of it, and kill1 · 2%
- thou shalt not offer1 · 2%
- and he killed1 · 2%
- then shalt thou kill1 · 2%
- and thou shalt slay1 · 2%
- to slay1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.