שַׁחַת
shachath · shakh'-ath
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7743 (שׁוּחַ);
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
- a pit (especially as a trap)
- figuratively, destruction
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
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 שַׁחַת 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to the pit3 · 13%
- from the pit2 · 9%
- in the pit2 · 9%
- corruption2 · 9%
- in their pit2 · 9%
- me in the ditch1 · 4%
- to corruption1 · 4%
- unto the grave1 · 4%
- into the pit1 · 4%
- into the ditch1 · 4%
- in a pit1 · 4%
- of destruction1 · 4%
- until the pit1 · 4%
- from destruction1 · 4%
- a pit1 · 4%
- delivered it from the pit1 · 4%
- from corruption1 · 4%
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.