Hebrew word study
שָׁחַת H7843
- Transliteration
- shâchath
- Pronunciation
- shaw-khath'
- KJV glosses
- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).
Lexical summary
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information