Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4889
מַשְׁחִית
mashchithmash-kheeth'
destruction
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mashchîyth
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4889is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4889
destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption)
The King James renders it: corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, [idiom] utterly.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mashchith is rendered "destruction". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Four of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 12:13The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Exodus 12:13לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to destruction4
- destruction2
- for destruction2
- the destruction2
- a destroyer1
- into destruction1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַשְׁקֶה | mashqeh | cupbearer | Uses19 |
| מַשְׂאֵת | maseth | tribute | Uses15 |
| מַשְׁמָן | mashman | fat | Uses7 |
| מַשְׂכִּית | maskith | figure | Uses6 |
| מַשְׂכֹּרֶת | maskoreth | wage | Uses4 |
| מַשְׁקוֹף | mashqoph | lintel | Uses3 |
| מַשְׂטֵמָה | mastemah | hatred | Uses2 |
| מַשְׁאָב | mashab | well | Uses1 |
| מַשְׁחֵת | mashcheth | destruction | Uses1 |
| מַשְׂכִּיל | maskil | Maskil | Uses1 |
| מַשְׂמְרָה | masmerah | nail | Uses1 |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית3
- מַשְׁחִֽית׃2
- הַמַּשְׁחִית֒1
- הַמַּשְׁחִית֙1
- לְמַשְׁחִ֥ית1
- לְמַשְׁחִ֗ית1
- לְמַשְׁחִ֖ית1
- לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃1
- מַשְׁחִ֖ית1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular7HR/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
Exodus
one use
The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
- לְמַשְׁחִ֔יתlemashchitpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for destruction
2 Kings
one use
The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- הַמַּשְׁחִית֒hamashchitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the destruction
2 Chronicles
two uses
The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
- לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃lemashchitpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to destruction
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.
- לְמַשְׁחִ֥יתlemashchitpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to destruction
Proverbs
one use
Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
- מַשְׁחִֽית׃mashchitnoun · masculine singulartagged: destruction
Jeremiah
two uses
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
- מַשְׁחִ֖יתmashchitnoun · masculine singulartagged: a destroyer
“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.
- הַמַּשְׁחִית֙hamashchitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the destruction
Ezekiel
four uses
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.
- לְמַשְׁחִ֔יתlemashchitpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for destruction
Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
- לְמַשְׁחִ֗יתlemashchitpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to destruction
I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
- מַשְׁחִֽית׃mashchitnoun · masculine singulartagged: destruction
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,
- לְמַשְׁחִ֖יתlemashchitpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to destruction
Daniel
one use
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
- לְמַשְׁחִ֔יתlemashchitpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into destruction
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.