Hebrew noun (feminine) · H7845
שַׁחַת
shachathshakh'-ath
Pit: hell
23 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7845is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 18spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7845
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
The King James renders it: corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
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
shachath is rendered "Pit: hell". It stands 23 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 9:31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
- The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.
The first use
then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
Job 9:31בַּשַּׁ֣חַת
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
- pit6
- to the pit4
- a pit2
- in pit2
- in pit their2
- in the pit2
- from a pit1
- from pit1
- from pit of1
- pit of1
- the pit1
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.
The words it stands beside
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
18 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
- בְּשַׁ֣חַת2
- לַשַּׁ֣חַת2
- מִשַּׁ֣חַת2
- שָׁ֑חַת2
- שָֽׁחַת׃2
- בַּשַּׁ֣חַת1
- בַּשָּׁ֑חַת1
- בְּשַׁחְתָּ֣ם1
- בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥ם1
- הַשָּֽׁחַת׃1
- לַשַּׁ֔חַת1
- לַשַּׁ֖חַת1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular8HNcfsa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular6HRd/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular4HR/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HTd/Ncfsa
Job
seven uses
then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
- בַּשַּׁ֣חַתbashachatpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the pit
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
- לַשַּׁ֣חַתlashachatpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the pit
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
- שָׁ֑חַתshachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: pit
He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
- לַשַּׁ֣חַתlashachatpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the pit
to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
- שָׁ֗חַתshachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: pit
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
- בַּשָּׁ֑חַתbashachatpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the pit
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
- שָׁ֑חַתshachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: pit
Psalms
nine uses
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
- בְּשַׁ֣חַתbeshachatpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in pit
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- בְּשַׁ֣חַתbeshachatpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in pit
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- שָֽׁחַת׃shachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: pit
“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
- שָׁ֥חַתshachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: pit
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- שַׁ֣חַתshachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pit of
that he should live on forever and not see decay.
- הַשָּֽׁחַת׃hashachatthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the pit
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- שַׁ֗חַתshachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: pit
to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
- שָֽׁחַת׃shachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: a pit
who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
- מִשַּׁ֣חַתmishachatpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from a pit
Proverbs
one use
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
- שַּׁ֭חַתshachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: a pit
Isaiah
two uses
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
- מִשַּׁ֣חַתmishachatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from pit of
The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
- לַשַּׁ֔חַתlashachatpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the pit
Ezekiel
three uses
When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
- בְּשַׁחְתָּ֣םbeshachtampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in pit their
Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
- בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥םbeshachtampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in pit their
They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
- לַשַּׁ֖חַתlashachatpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the pit
Jonah
one use
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
- מִשַּׁ֛חַתmishachatpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from pit
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.