שָׁחַת
shâchath · shaw-khath'
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign
To consume, to destroy that works to separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁחַת 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
146 occurrences · 146 OT · 0 NT · 125 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to destroy20 · 27%
- and destroy5 · 7%
- not destroy4 · 5%
- destroyed3 · 4%
- have destroyed3 · 4%
- i will not destroy3 · 4%
- destroy3 · 4%
- and destroyed3 · 4%
- and destroyed down2 · 3%
- corrupt2 · 3%
- will destroy2 · 3%
- wilt thou destroy2 · 3%
- have corrupted2 · 3%
- and the spoilers2 · 3%
- and corrupted2 · 3%
- he hath destroyed2 · 3%
- was marred2 · 3%
- nor destroy2 · 3%
- that destroyed2 · 3%
- shall destroy2 · 3%
- us to destroy1 · 1%
- and, behold, i will destroy1 · 1%
- had corrupted1 · 1%
- and, behold, it was corrupt1 · 1%
- also was corrupt1 · 1%
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.