שָׁחַתshâchath
go to ruin (?)
Pronunciation: shaw-khath' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7843
Meanings
Niph`al: be marred, spoiled, be corrupted, corrupt, be injured, or even (hyperbole) ruined (Jeremiah 13:7; Jeremiah 18:4; Exodus 8:20)
Pi`el
1. spoil, ruin (Exodus 21:26; Jeremiah 12:10; Nahum 2:3)
2. pervert, corrupt (Ezekiel 28:17; Hosea 9:9; Exodus 32:7)
Hiph`il
1. spoil, ruin (Judges 6:4; Malachi 3:11; Deuteronomy 20:19)
2. pervert, corrupt, morally (Genesis 6:12; Proverbs 6:32; Zephaniah 3:7)
Hoph`al: spoiled, ruined (Proverbs 25:26; Malachi 1:14)
Same root
- אַל תַּשְׁחֵתʼAl tashchêth · H516'Thou must not destroy'; probably the opening words to a popular song
- מַשְׁחִיתmashchîyth · H4889destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption)
- מִשְׁחָתmishchâth · H4893disfigurement
- שְׁחַתshᵉchath · H7844{to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)}
Where it appears
Appears 146 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 6:11 Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.
- Genesis 6:12 God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.
- Genesis 6:13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
- Genesis 6:17 “Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
- Genesis 9:11 Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”
- Genesis 9:15 and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.
See every passage
- Genesis 6:11, 6:12, 6:13, 6:17, 9:11, 9:15, 13:10, 18:28, 18:31, 18:32, 19:13, 19:14, 19:29, 38:9
- Exodus 8:24, 12:23, 21:26, 32:7
- Leviticus 19:27
- Numbers 32:15
- Deuteronomy 4:16, 4:25, 4:31, 9:12, 9:26, 10:10, 20:19, 20:20, 31:29, 32:5
- Joshua 22:33
- Judges 2:19, 6:4, 6:5, 20:21, 20:25, 20:35, 20:42
- Ruth 4:6
- 1 Samuel 6:5, 13:17, 14:15, 23:10, 26:9, 26:15
- 2 Samuel 1:14, 11:1, 14:11, 20:15, 20:20, 24:16
- 2 Kings 8:19, 13:23, 18:25, 19:12
- 1 Chronicles 20:1, 21:12, 21:15
- 2 Chronicles 12:7, 12:12, 21:7, 24:23, 25:16, 26:16, 27:2, 34:11, 35:21, 36:19
- Psalms 14:1, 53:1, 78:38, 78:45, 106:23
- Proverbs 6:32, 11:9, 23:8, 25:26, 28:24
- Isaiah 1:4, 11:9, 14:20, 36:10, 37:12, 51:13, 54:16, 65:8, 65:25
- Jeremiah 2:30, 4:7, 5:10, 6:5, 6:28, 11:19, 12:10, 13:7, 13:9, 13:14, 15:3, 15:6, 18:4, 22:7, 36:29, 48:18, 49:9, 51:1, 51:11, 51:20, 51:25
- Lamentations 2:5, 2:6, 2:8
- Ezekiel 5:16, 9:8, 16:47, 20:17, 20:44, 22:30, 23:11, 26:4, 28:17, 30:11, 43:3
- Daniel 8:24, 8:25, 9:26, 11:17
- Hosea 9:9, 11:9, 13:9
- Amos 1:11
- Nahum 2:2
- Zephaniah 3:7
- Malachi 1:14, 2:8, 3:11
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).