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H7843 Hebrew

Original Word

שָׁחַת

Transliteration

shâchath

Pronunciation

shaw-khath'

Definition

a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).
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Appears in 136 KJV verses

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Vine's Expository Dictionary

Destroy (To)

"to destroy, annihilate, exterminate." This biblical word occurs also in modern Hebrew, with the root having the connotation of "religious persecution…

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