שְׁחַתshᵉchath
corrupt
Pronunciation: shekh-ath' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7844
Meanings
Pe`al: corrupt, as noun = fault (Daniel 2:9; Daniel 6:5; Psalms 17:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 2:9 ‘If you don’t tell me the dream, you are doomed.’ So you have conspired to tell me lies, hoping I will change my mind. But tell me the dream, and then I’ll know that you can tell me what it means.”
- Daniel 6:4 Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn’t find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy.
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).