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H7843שָׁחַתsha.chat

to ruinPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 17
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. 11
  6. 1
  7. 7
  8. 1
  9. 6
  10. 7
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 5
  13. 5
  14. 10
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. 5
  20. 5
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 11
  24. 21
  25. 3
  26. 11
  27. 5
  28. 3
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. 1
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. 3

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146 occurrences in 135 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Jeremiah 22:7

    And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

    מַשְׁחִתִ֖ים mash.chi.Tim “destroyers”

  2. Jeremiah 36:29

    And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say: Thus saith the LORD: Thou hast burned this roll, saying: Why hast thou written therein, saying: The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence ma

    וְהִשְׁחִית֙ (הִשְׁחִית֙) hish.Chit “he will destroy”

  3. Jeremiah 48:18

    O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strongholds.

    שִׁחֵ֖ת shi.Chet “he will ruin”

  4. Jeremiah 49:9

    If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?

    הִשְׁחִ֥יתוּ hish.Chi.tu “they destroyed”

  5. Jeremiah 51:1

    Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.

    מַשְׁחִֽית׃ mash.Chit “a destroyer”

  6. Jeremiah 51:11

    Make bright the arrows, fill the quivers, the LORD hath roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because His device is against Babylon, to destroy it; for it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of His temple.

    לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּ (הַשְׁחִיתָ֑) hash.chi.Ta “destroy”

  7. Jeremiah 51:20

    Thou art My maul and weapons of war, and with thee will I shatter the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

    וְהִשְׁחַתִּ֥י (הִשְׁחַתִּ֥י) hish.cha.Ti “I destroy”

  8. Jeremiah 51:25

    Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out My hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

    הַמַּשְׁחִ֖ית (מַּשְׁחִ֖ית) mash.Chit “destroys”

  9. Lamentations 2:5

    The Lord is become as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed his strongholds; and He hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and moaning.

    שִׁחֵ֖ת shi.Chet “he has ruined”

  10. Lamentations 2:6

    And He hath stripped His tabernacle, as if it were a garden, He hath destroyed His place of assembly; the LORD hath caused to be forgotten in Zion appointed season and sabbath, and hath rejected in the indignation of His anger the king and the priest.

    שִׁחֵ֖ת shi.Chet “he has ruined”

  11. Lamentations 2:8

    The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, He hath not withdrawn His hand from destroying; but He hath made the rampart and wall to mourn, they languish together.

    לְהַשְׁחִית֙ (הַשְׁחִית֙) hash.Chit “destroy”

  12. Ezekiel 5:16

    when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you; and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread;

    לְשַֽׁחֶתְכֶ֑ם (שַֽׁחֶתְ) sha.chet. “destroy”

  13. Ezekiel 9:8

    And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said: 'Ah Lord GOD! wilt Thou destroy all the residue of Israel in Thy pouring out of Thy fury upon Jerusalem?'

    הֲמַשְׁחִ֣ית (מַשְׁחִ֣ית) mash.Chit “about to destroy”

  14. Ezekiel 16:47

    Yet hast thou not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but in a very little while thou didst deal more corruptly than they in all thy ways.

    וַתַּשְׁחִ֥תִי (תַּשְׁחִ֥תִי) tash.Chi.ti “you behaved corruptly”

  15. Ezekiel 20:17

    Nevertheless Mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

    מִֽשַּׁחֲתָ֑ם (שַּׁחֲתָ֑) sha.cha.Ta “destroying”

  16. Ezekiel 20:44

    And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for My name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.'

    הַנִּשְׁחָתוֹת֙ (נִּשְׁחָתוֹת֙) nish.cha.tOt “corrupt”

  17. Ezekiel 22:30

    And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the breach before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

    שַׁחֲתָ֑הּ (שַׁחֲתָ֑) sha.cha.Ta “to destroy”

  18. Ezekiel 23:11

    And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.

    וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥ת (תַּשְׁחֵ֥ת) tash.Chet “she acted corruptly”

  19. Ezekiel 26:4

    And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

    וְשִׁחֲת֞וּ (שִׁחֲת֞וּ) shi.cha.Tu “they will destroy”

  20. Ezekiel 28:17

    Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness; I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may gaze upon thee.

    שִׁחַ֥תָּ shi.Cha.ta “you perverted”

  21. Ezekiel 30:11

    He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

    לְשַׁחֵ֣ת (שַׁחֵ֣ת) sha.Chet “destroy”

  22. Ezekiel 43:3

    And the appearance of the vision which I saw was like the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

    לְשַׁחֵ֣ת (שַׁחֵ֣ת) sha.Chet “destroy”

  23. Daniel 8:24

    And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do; and he shall destroy them that are mighty and the people of the saints.

    יַשְׁחִ֖ית yash.Chit “he will destroy”וְהִשְׁחִ֥ית (הִשְׁחִ֥ית) hish.Chit “he will destroy”

  24. Daniel 8:25

    And through his cunning he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in time of security shall he destroy many; he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

    יַשְׁחִ֣ית yash.Chit “he will destroy”

  25. Daniel 9:26

    And after the threescore and two weeks shall an anointed one be cut off, and be no more; and the people of a prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; but his end shall be with a flood; and unto the end of the war desolations are d

    יַ֠שְׁחִית Yash.chit “it will destroy”