Strong's H7843

שָׁחַת

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, שָׁחַת is translated as: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r)..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.