sha.chat H7843

שָׁחַת (sha.chat) means “to ruin” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׁחַת Hebrew · H7843 146 tagged occurrences in 135 verses

Pronunciation guide: shaw-khath' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7843

שָׁחַת · sha.chat · to ruin

1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay 1a) (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to spoil, ruin 1b2) to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to spoil, ruin, destroy 1c2) to pervert, corrupt (morally) 1c3) destroyer (participle) 1d) (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle) Aramaic equivalent: she.chat (שְׁחַת "to corrupt" H7844)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

KJV glosses: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).

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How translators render H7843

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to destroy	12
destroy	8
destroy it	5
and destroy	4
destroyed	4
and destroyed	3
destroy them	3
to destroy it	3
to destroy you	3
and cut down	2
and destroy it	2
destroys	2
have corrupted themselves	2
he has destroyed	2
he will destroy	2
the destroyer	2
they are corrupt	2
was ruined	2
a defective animal	1
act corruptly	1
and a destroyer	1
and blinds	1
and corrupt	1
and destroying	1
and did not destroy them	1
and i will destroy you	1
and raiders	1
and raiding parties	1
and ravage them	1
and ravaged	1
and ruined	1
and stifled	1
and waste	1
and you will be the cause of their destruction	1
are about to destroy	1
became flawed	1
behaved corruptly	1
but as the angel was doing so	1
corrupted themselves	1
destroy him	1
destroy him completely	1
destroy you	1
destroyers	1
from destroying them	1
had allowed to deteriorate	1
had corrupted	1
have destroyed	1
he will cause terrible destruction	1
he will destroy you	1
he would spill his seed	1
his people have acted corruptly	1
i will destroy both them	1
i will ruin	1
i would jeopardize	1
if you then act corruptly	1
in order to overthrow the kingdom	1
is about to destroy	1
it was corrupt	1
led to his own destruction	1
let us destroy	1
like a voracious	1
more depraved than they were	1
of a destroyer	1
of them are corrupt	1
on destruction	1
or a polluted	1
or clip off	1
ravaging	1
she was more depraved	1
slaughtered	1
struck them down	1
that are ravaging	1
that devastated them	1
the devastation	1
the israelites became even more corrupt	1
they destroyed	1
they will destroy	1
to corrupt	1
to destroy her	1
to destroy him	1
to destroy them	1
to keep me from destroying them	1
to ravage it	1
to ruin	1
was corrupt	1
were battering	1
who act corruptly	1
who destroys	1
who was destroying	1
who was destroying the people	1
will destroy	1
will you destroy	1
would they not steal	1
you are destroyed	1
you corrupted	1
you have destroyed	1
you have violated	1
you may destroy	1
you who devastate	1
you will become utterly corrupt	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to destroy	20
and destroy	5
i will not destroy	4
not destroy	4
and destroyed	3
destroy	3
destroyed	3
have destroyed	3
and destroyed down	2
and the spoilers	2
corrupt	2
corrupted	2
have corrupted	2
he hath destroyed	2
nor destroy	2
shall destroy	2
that destroyed	2
was marred	2
will destroy	2
wilt thou destroy	2
a corrupt thing	1
after this manner will i mar	1
against me a destroying	1
against thee and destroy	1
against them and destroyed	1
all corrupters	1
also was corrupt	1
and a corrupt	1
and behold i will destroy	1
and behold it was corrupt	1
and corrupted	1
and did cast off	1
and he shall destroy	1
and let us destroy	1
and lose	1
and marred	1
and shall corrupt	1
and shall destroy	1
and the destroyer	1
and they destroyed	1
and they shall destroy	1
and wasted	1
and with thee will i destroy	1
and ye shall destroy	1
battered	1
because thou hast destroyed	1
but destroy	1
corrupting	1
destroyers	1
destroyeth	1
destroying	1
destruction	1
did yet corruptly	1
for myself lest i mar	1
for your sakes and he shall not destroy	1
from him that he would not destroy	1
had corrupted	1
had destroyed	1
he shall destroy	1
in to destroy	1
it and as he was destroying	1
it destroyeth	1
it thou shalt not destroy	1
lest he should destroy	1
lest ye corrupt	1
let us destroy	1
like a destroying	1
neither shalt thou mar	1
nor according to your corrupt	1
of a destroyer	1
or destroy	1
sakes that i may not destroy	1
she was more corrupt	1
that are corrupters	1
that he spilled	1
that i should not destroy	1
that it perish	1
that mar	1
the destroyer	1
the waster	1
thee neither destroy	1
them from destroying	1
they are corrupt	1
they destroyed	1
they have corrupted	1
they will destroy	1
thou hast corrupted	1
thou hast destroyed	1
thou shalt destroy	1
thou wast corrupted	1
us to destroy	1
was corrupted	1
waster	1
which destroyed	1
which destroyest	1
with me that he destroy	1
ye have corrupted	1
ye will utterly	1

Verses containing H7843

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2 Samuel 24:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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2 Kings 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
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2 Kings 13:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
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2 Kings 18:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
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2 Kings 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
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1 Chronicles 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
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1 Chronicles 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
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1 Chronicles 21:15 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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2 Chronicles 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
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2 Chronicles 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.
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2 Chronicles 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
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2 Chronicles 24:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.
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2 Chronicles 25:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
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2 Chronicles 26:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
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2 Chronicles 27:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
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2 Chronicles 34:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.
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2 Chronicles 35:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”
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2 Chronicles 36:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
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Psalms 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
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Psalms 53:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
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Psalms 78:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
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Psalms 78:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
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Psalms 106:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
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Proverbs 6:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
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Proverbs 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
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Proverbs 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
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Proverbs 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
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Proverbs 28:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
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Isaiah 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
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Isaiah 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
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Isaiah 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
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Isaiah 36:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
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Isaiah 37:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
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Isaiah 51:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
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Isaiah 54:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
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Isaiah 65:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
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Isaiah 65:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
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Jeremiah 2:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
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Jeremiah 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
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Jeremiah 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
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Jeremiah 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
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Jeremiah 6:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
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Jeremiah 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
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Jeremiah 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
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Jeremiah 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
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Jeremiah 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
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Jeremiah 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
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Jeremiah 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
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Jeremiah 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.
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