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H7819 Hebrew

Original Word

שָׁחַט

Transliteration

shâchaṭ

Pronunciation

shaw-khat'

Definition

a primitive root; to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre); kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.
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Appears in 70 KJV verses

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Vine's Expository Dictionary

Kill (To)

"to slaughter, kill." This word is common to both ancient and modern Hebrew, as well as ancient Ugaritic. The idea that the ancient Akkadian term shah…

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