שָׁחַת

Strong’s Definition

to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay
• 2.(niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted
• 3.(piel)
• 4.(hiphil)
• 5.(hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâchath; Pronunciation: shaw-khath'