שׁוּחָהshûwchâh

pit (Jeremiah 2:6; Jeremiah 18:20; Jeremiah 18:22; Proverbs 23:27; Proverbs 22:14)

Pronunciation: shoo-khaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7745

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of an immoral woman is a dangerous trap; those who make the Lord angry will fall into it.
  • Proverbs 23:27 A prostitute is a dangerous trap; a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.
  • Jeremiah 2:6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us safely out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness— a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and death, where no one lives or even travels?’
  • Jeremiah 18:20 Should they repay evil for good? They have dug a pit to kill me, though I pleaded for them and tried to protect them from your anger.
  • Jeremiah 18:22 Let screaming be heard from their homes as warriors come suddenly upon them. For they have dug a pit for me and have hidden traps along my path.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).