מַשְׁחִיתmashchîyth

Same root

• שָׁחַתshâchath · H7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
• מַשְׁחֵתmashchêth · H4892destruction

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 12:13 But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.
• 2 Kings 23:13 The king also desecrated the pagan shrines east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, where King Solomon of Israel had built shrines for Ashtoreth, the detestable goddess of the Sidonians; and for Chemosh, the detestable god of the Moabites; and for Molech, the vile god of the Ammonites.
• 2 Chronicles 20:23 The armies of Moab and Ammon turned against their allies from Mount Seir and killed every one of them. After they had destroyed the army of Seir, they began attacking each other.
• 2 Chronicles 22:4 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, just as Ahab’s family had done. They even became his advisers after the death of his father, and they led him to ruin.
• Proverbs 18:9 A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things.
• Jeremiah 5:26 “Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind. They continually set traps to catch people.