Word Study · Strong's H7843 · Hebrew
שָׁחַת
shachath
shaw-khath'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâchath
“to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).
- 146occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 25 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 125inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 146 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 125
- לְשַׁחֵ֣ת4
- אַשְׁחִ֔ית3
- מַשְׁחִֽית׃3
- שִׁחֵ֖ת3
- וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃2
- וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩2
- וְשִׁחֵ֣ת2
- לְהַשְׁחִ֖ית2
- לְהַשְׁחִית֙2
- לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּ2
- לְשַׁחֵ֥ת2
- לְשַׁחֵ֖ת2
and 113 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 95
- to destroy18
- to destroy it8
- and they destroyed6
- I will destroy [it]3
- the destroyer3
- they destroyed3
- to destroy you3
- a destroyer2
- and destroy it2
- and he spoiled2
- and he will destroy2
- destroying2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 71
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)11
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)9
- Hc/Vhw3mp6
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular6
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular6
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural6
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural6
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular6
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular6
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular4
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural4
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Vpcc · 11
- HR/Vhcc · 9
- Hc/Vhw3mp · 6
- HVhi1cs · 6
- HVhi3ms · 6
- HVhp3cp · 6
- HVhrmpa · 6
- HVhrmsa · 6
- HVpp3ms · 6
- HR/Vhcc/Sp3fs · 4
- HVpp3cp · 4
- HR/Vpcc/Sp3fs · 3
All 146, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah21 of 146 · 14%
- Genesis17 of 146 · 12%
- Deuteronomy11 of 146 · 8%
- Isaiah11 of 146 · 8%
- Ezekiel11 of 146 · 8%
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis17 occurrences
- Genesis 6:11וַתִּשָּׁחֵ֥תvatishachetHc/VNw3fsNow the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.here: and it was corrupt
- Genesis 6:12נִשְׁחָ֑תָהnishchatahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularAnd God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.here: it was corrupt
- Genesis 6:12הִשְׁחִ֧יתhishchitverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.here: it had corrupted
- Genesis 6:13מַשְׁחִיתָ֖םmashchitamverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThen God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.here: about to destroy them
- Genesis 6:17לְשַׁחֵ֣תleshachetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.here: to destroy
- Genesis 9:11לְשַׁחֵ֥תleshachetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”here: to destroy
- Genesis 9:15לְשַׁחֵ֖תleshachetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.here: to destroy
- Genesis 13:10שַׁחֵ֣תshachetverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)here: destroyed
- Genesis 18:28הֲתַשְׁחִ֥יתhatashchitquestion particle + verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularsuppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”here: ¿ will you destroy
- Genesis 18:28אַשְׁחִ֔יתʾashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularsuppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”here: I will destroy [it]
- Genesis 18:31אַשְׁחִ֔יתʾashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularAnd Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”here: I will destroy [it]
- Genesis 18:32אַשְׁחִ֔יתʾashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularFinally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”here: I will destroy [it]
- Genesis 19:13מַשְׁחִתִ֣יםmashchitimverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralbecause we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”here: [are] about to destroy
- Genesis 19:13לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃leshachatahpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularbecause we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”here: to destroy it
- Genesis 19:14מַשְׁחִ֥יתmashchitverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularSo Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.here: [is] about to destroy
- Genesis 19:29בְּשַׁחֵ֤תbeshachetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.here: when destroyed
- Genesis 38:9וְשִׁחֵ֣תveshichetHc/Vpq3msBut Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.here: and he spoiled
Exodus4 occurrences
- Exodus 8:24תִּשָּׁחֵ֥תtishachetverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularAnd the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.here: it was ruined
- Exodus 12:23הַמַּשְׁחִ֔יתhamashchitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.here: the destroyer
- Exodus 21:26וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּveshichatahHc/Vpq3ms/Sp3fsIf a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.here: and he will destroy it
- Exodus 32:7שִׁחֵ֣תshichetverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.here: it has behaved corruptly
Deuteronomy11 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 4:16תַּשְׁחִת֔וּןtashchitunverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nunthat you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,here: you should act corruptly !
- Deuteronomy 4:25וְהִשְׁחַתֶּ֗םvehishchatemHc/Vhq2mpAfter you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—here: and you will act corruptly
- Deuteronomy 4:31יַשְׁחִיתֶ֑ךָyashchitekhaverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularFor the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.here: he will destroy you
- Deuteronomy 9:12שִׁחֵ֣תshichetverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”here: it has acted corruptly
- Deuteronomy 9:26תַּשְׁחֵ֤תtashchetverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularAnd I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.here: you destroy
- Deuteronomy 10:10הַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ׃hashchitekhaverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularI stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.here: to destroy you
- Deuteronomy 20:19תַשְׁחִ֤יתtashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularWhen you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?here: you will destroy
- Deuteronomy 20:20תַשְׁחִ֖יתtashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularBut you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.here: you will destroy
- Deuteronomy 31:29הַשְׁחֵ֣תhashchetverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteFor I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”here: certainly to act corruptly
- Deuteronomy 31:29תַּשְׁחִת֔וּןtashchitunverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nunFor I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”here: you will act corruptly !
- Deuteronomy 32:5שִׁחֵ֥תshichetverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHis people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.here: it has acted corruptly
Judges7 occurrences
- Judges 2:19וְהִשְׁחִ֣יתוּvehishchituHc/Vhq3cpBut when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.here: and they acted corruptly
- Judges 6:4וַיַּשְׁחִ֙יתוּ֙vaiyashchituHc/Vhw3mpencamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.here: and they destroyed
- Judges 6:5לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃leshachatahpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularFor the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.here: to destroy it
- Judges 20:21וַיַּשְׁחִ֨יתוּvaiyashchituHc/Vhw3mpAnd the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.here: and they destroyed
- Judges 20:25וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩vaiyashchituHc/Vhw3mpThat same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.here: and they destroyed
- Judges 20:35וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩vaiyashchituHc/Vhw3mpThe LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.here: and they destroyed
- Judges 20:42מַשְׁחִיתִ֥יםmashchitimverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSo they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.here: [were] destroying
1 Samuel6 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 6:5הַמַּשְׁחִיתִם֙hamashchitimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralMake images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.here: which are ruining
- 1 Samuel 13:17הַמַּשְׁחִ֛יתhamashchitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,here: the destroyer
- 1 Samuel 14:15וְהַמַּשְׁחִ֔יתvehamashchitconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.here: and the destroyer
- 1 Samuel 23:10לְשַׁחֵ֥תleshachetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.here: to destroy
- 1 Samuel 26:9תַּשְׁחִיתֵ֑הוּtashchitehuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”here: you destroy him
- 1 Samuel 26:15לְהַשְׁחִ֖יתlehashchitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?here: to destroy
2 Samuel7 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 1:14לְשַׁחֵ֖תleshachetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”here: to destroy
- 2 Samuel 11:1וַיַּשְׁחִ֙תוּ֙vaiyashchituHc/Vhw3mpIn the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.here: and they destroyed
- 2 Samuel 14:11לְשַׁחֵ֔תleshachetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”here: to destroy
- 2 Samuel 20:15מַשְׁחִיתִ֖םmashchitimverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,here: [were] about to destroy
- 2 Samuel 20:20אַשְׁחִֽית׃ʾashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!here: I will destroy
- 2 Samuel 24:16לְשַׁחֲתָהּ֒leshachatahpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularBut 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.here: to destroy it
- 2 Samuel 24:16הַמַּשְׁחִ֤יתhamashchitthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut 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.here: the destroyer
2 Kings5 occurrences
- 2 Kings 8:19לְהַשְׁחִ֣יתlehashchitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: to destroy
- 2 Kings 13:23הַשְׁחִיתָ֔םhashchitamverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralBut 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.here: to destroy them
- 2 Kings 18:25לְהַשְׁחִת֑וֹlehashchitopreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo 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.’”here: to destroy it
- 2 Kings 18:25וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃vehashchitahconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularSo 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.’”here: and destroy it
- 2 Kings 19:12שִׁחֲת֣וּshichatuverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralDid 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?here: they destroyed
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 20:1וַיַּשְׁחֵ֣ת׀vaiyashchetHc/Vhw3msIn 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.here: and he destroyed
- 1 Chronicles 21:12מַשְׁחִ֖יתmashchitverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularbetween 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.”here: destroying
- 1 Chronicles 21:15לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒lehashchitahpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen 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.here: to destroy it
- 1 Chronicles 21:15וּכְהַשְׁחִ֗יתukhehashchitconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: and just as was destroying [it]
- 1 Chronicles 21:15הַמַּשְׁחִית֙hamashchitthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThen 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.here: the destroying
2 Chronicles10 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 12:7אַשְׁחִיתֵ֑םʾashchitemverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralWhen 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.here: I will destroy them
- 2 Chronicles 12:12לְהַשְׁחִ֖יתlehashchitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: to destroy
- 2 Chronicles 21:7לְהַשְׁחִית֙lehashchitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: to destroy
- 2 Chronicles 24:23וַיַּשְׁחִ֛יתוּvaiyashchituHc/Vhw3mpIn 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.here: and they destroyed
- 2 Chronicles 25:16לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָlehashchitekhapreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularWhile 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.”here: to destroy you
- 2 Chronicles 26:16לְהַשְׁחִ֔יתlehashchitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)But when Uzziah grew 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.here: to behaved corruptly
- 2 Chronicles 27:2מַשְׁחִיתִֽים׃mashchitimverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd 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.here: [were] behaving corruptly
- 2 Chronicles 34:11הִשְׁחִ֖יתוּhishchituverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThey 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.here: they had ruined
- 2 Chronicles 35:21יַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ׃yashchitekhaverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularBut 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. God told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”here: he destroy you
- 2 Chronicles 36:19לְהַשְׁחִֽית׃ סlehashchitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: to destroy
Psalms5 occurrences
- Psalms 14:1הִֽשְׁחִ֗יתוּhishchituverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThe fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.here: they act corruptly
- Psalms 53:1הִֽ֝שְׁחִ֗יתוּhishchituverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThe fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.here: they act corruptly
- Psalms 78:38יַ֫שְׁחִ֥יתyashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd 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.here: he destroyed [them]
- Psalms 78:45וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃vatashchitemHc/Vhw3fs/Sp3mpHe sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.here: and it ruined them
- Psalms 106:23מֵֽהַשְׁחִֽית׃mehashchitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: from destroying
Proverbs5 occurrences
- Proverbs 6:32מַֽשְׁחִ֥יתmashchitverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.here: [one who] destroys
- Proverbs 11:9יַשְׁחִ֣תyashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWith his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.here: he ruins
- Proverbs 23:8וְ֝שִׁחַ֗תָּveshichataHc/Vpq2msYou will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.here: and you will spoil
- Proverbs 25:26מָשְׁחָ֑תmashechatverb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine singularLike a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.here: ruined
- Proverbs 28:24מַשְׁחִֽית׃mashchitverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.here: destruction
Isaiah11 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:4מַשְׁחִיתִ֑יםmashchitimverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAlas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.here: [who] behave corruptly
- Isaiah 11:9יַשְׁחִ֖יתוּyashchituverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThey 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.here: they will destroy
- Isaiah 14:20שִׁחַ֖תָּshichataverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYou 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.here: you have ruined
- Isaiah 36:10לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּlehashchitahpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularSo 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.’”here: to destroy it
- Isaiah 36:10וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃vehashchitahconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularSo 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.’”here: and destroy it
- Isaiah 37:12הִשְׁחִ֣יתוּhishchituverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralDid 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?here: they destroyed
- Isaiah 51:13לְהַשְׁחִ֑יתlehashchitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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?here: to destroy
- Isaiah 54:16מַשְׁחִ֖יתmashchitnoun · masculine singularBehold, 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.here: a destroyer
- Isaiah 65:8תַּשְׁחִיתֵ֔הוּtashchitehuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThis 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.here: you destroy it
- Isaiah 65:8הַֽשְׁחִ֥יתhashchitverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: to destroy
- Isaiah 65:25יַשְׁחִ֛יתוּyashchituverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThe 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.here: they will destroy
Jeremiah21 occurrences
- Jeremiah 2:30מַשְׁחִֽית׃mashchitverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”here: destroying
- Jeremiah 4:7וּמַשְׁחִ֣יתumashchitconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: and a destroyer of
- Jeremiah 5:10וְשַׁחֵ֔תוּveshachetuconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluralGo 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.here: and destroy [them]
- Jeremiah 6:5וְנַשְׁחִ֖יתָהvenashchitahconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluralRise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”here: and let us destroy
- Jeremiah 6:28מַשְׁחִיתִ֖יםmashchitimverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAll are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.here: [are] destroyers
- Jeremiah 11:19נַשְׁחִ֨יתָהnashchitahverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluralFor 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.”here: let us destroy
- Jeremiah 12:10שִֽׁחֲת֣וּshichatuverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralMany shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.here: they have ruined
- Jeremiah 13:7נִשְׁחַ֣תnishchatverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSo 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.here: it was ruined
- Jeremiah 13:9אַשְׁחִ֞יתʾashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.here: I will ruin
- Jeremiah 13:14מֵהַשְׁחִיתָֽם׃ סmehashchitampreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralI 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.’”here: from destroying them
- Jeremiah 15:3וּלְהַשְׁחִֽית׃ulehashchitconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: and to destroy
- Jeremiah 15:6וָֽאַשְׁחִיתֵ֔ךְvaashchitekhHc/Vhw1cs/Sp2fsYou 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.here: and I have destroyed you
- Jeremiah 18:4וְנִשְׁחַ֣תvenishchatHc/VNq3msBut 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.here: and it was spoiled
- Jeremiah 22:7מַשְׁחִתִ֖יםmashchitimnoun · masculine pluralI 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.here: destroyers
- Jeremiah 36:29וְהִשְׁחִית֙vehishchitHc/Vhq3msYou 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?’here: and he will destroy
- Jeremiah 48:18שִׁחֵ֖תshichetverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularCome 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.here: he will ruin
- Jeremiah 49:9הִשְׁחִ֥יתוּhishchituverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralIf 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?here: they destroyed
- Jeremiah 51:1מַשְׁחִֽית׃mashchitverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThis is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.here: a destroyer
- Jeremiah 51:11לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּlehashchitahpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularSharpen 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.here: [is] to destroy it
- Jeremiah 51:20וְהִשְׁחַתִּ֥יvehishchatiHc/Vhq1cs“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.here: and I destroy
- Jeremiah 51:25הַמַּשְׁחִ֖יתhamashchitthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular“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.here: who destroys
Lamentations3 occurrences
- Lamentations 2:5שִׁחֵ֖תshichetverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe 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.here: he has ruined
- Lamentations 2:6שִׁחֵ֖תshichetverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe 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.here: he has ruined
- Lamentations 2:8לְהַשְׁחִית֙lehashchitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: to destroy
Ezekiel11 occurrences
- Ezekiel 5:16לְשַֽׁחֶתְכֶ֑םleshachetkhempreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralWhen 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.here: to destroy you
- Ezekiel 9:8הֲמַשְׁחִ֣יתhamashchitquestion particle + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhile 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?”here: ¿ about to destroy
- Ezekiel 16:47וַתַּשְׁחִ֥תִיvatashchitiHc/Vhw2fsAnd you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.here: and you behaved corruptly
- Ezekiel 20:17מִֽשַּׁחֲתָ֑םmishachatampreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.here: from destroying them
- Ezekiel 20:44הַנִּשְׁחָתוֹת֙hanishchatotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine pluralThen 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.”here: the corrupt
- Ezekiel 22:30שַׁחֲתָ֑הּshachatahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularI 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.here: to destroy it
- Ezekiel 23:11וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥תvatashchetHc/Vhw3fsHer sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.here: and she acted corruptly
- Ezekiel 26:4וְשִׁחֲת֞וּveshichatuHc/Vpq3cpThey will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.here: and they will destroy
- Ezekiel 28:17שִׁחַ֥תָּshichataverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYour 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.here: you perverted
- Ezekiel 30:11לְשַׁחֵ֣תleshachetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: to destroy
- Ezekiel 43:3לְשַׁחֵ֣תleshachetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)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,here: to destroy
Daniel5 occurrences
- Daniel 8:24יַשְׁחִ֖יתyashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularHis 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.here: he will destroy
- Daniel 8:24וְהִשְׁחִ֥יתvehishchitHc/Vhq3msHis 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.here: and he will destroy
- Daniel 8:25יַשְׁחִ֣יתyashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThrough 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.here: he will destroy
- Daniel 9:26יַ֠שְׁחִיתyashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThen 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.here: it will destroy
- Daniel 11:17לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֔הּlehashchitahpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularHe 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.here: to destroy it
Hosea3 occurrences
- Hosea 9:9שִׁחֵ֖תוּshichetuverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThey have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.here: they have dealt corruptly
- Hosea 11:9לְשַׁחֵ֣תleshachetpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath.here: to destroy
- Hosea 13:9שִֽׁחֶתְךָ֥shichetkhaverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYou are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.here: it will destroy you
Malachi3 occurrences
- Malachi 1:14מָשְׁחָ֖תmashechatverb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine singular“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.here: a blemished [animal]
- Malachi 2:8שִֽׁחַתֶּם֙shichatemverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralBut 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.here: you have corrupted
- Malachi 3:11יַשְׁחִ֥תyashchitverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularI 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.here: it will destroy