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

Page 3 of 3. 135 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Jeremiah 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.
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Jeremiah 36:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
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Jeremiah 48:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
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Jeremiah 49:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?
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Jeremiah 51:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
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Jeremiah 51:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
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Jeremiah 51:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
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Jeremiah 51:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
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Lamentations 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
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Lamentations 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.
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Lamentations 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.
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Ezekiel 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
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Ezekiel 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
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Ezekiel 16:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
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Ezekiel 20:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.
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Ezekiel 20:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”
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Ezekiel 22:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
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Ezekiel 23:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
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Ezekiel 26:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
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Ezekiel 28:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
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Ezekiel 30:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
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Ezekiel 43:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
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Daniel 8:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.
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Daniel 8:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
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Daniel 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
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Daniel 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.
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Hosea 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
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Hosea 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.
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Hosea 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.
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Amos 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
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Nahum 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
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Zephaniah 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
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Malachi 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
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Malachi 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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Malachi 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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