TBESH · H4288
מְחִתָּה · me.chit.tah · terror
1) destruction, ruin, terror, a breaking 1a) terror, dismay, object of terror 1b) ruin
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me.chit.tah H4288
מְחִתָּה (me.chit.tah) means “terror” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מְחִתָּה Hebrew · H4288 11 tagged occurrences in 11 verses
Pronunciation guide: mekh-it-taw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H2846 (חָתָה); properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
KJV glosses: destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.
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How translators render H4288
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a terror | 1 |
| and horror | 1 |
| but a terror | 1 |
| but destruction | 1 |
| destruction | 1 |
| invites his own ruin | 1 |
| is his ruin | 1 |
| is the ruin | 1 |
| ruin | 1 |
| terror will be far removed | 1 |
| to rubble | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| but destruction | 2 |
| the destruction | 2 |
| and a dismaying | 1 |
| and from terror | 1 |
| be not a terror | 1 |
| destruction | 1 |
| his destruction | 1 |
| shall have destruction | 1 |
| to ruin | 1 |
Verses containing H4288
Page 1 of 1. 11 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Psalms 89:40
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
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- Proverbs 10:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
Read word by word - Proverbs 10:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Read word by word - Proverbs 10:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
Read word by word - Proverbs 13:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Read word by word - Proverbs 14:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
Read word by word - Proverbs 18:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Read word by word - Proverbs 21:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
Read word by word - Isaiah 54:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 17:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:39
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
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