7843 – שָׁחַת (shachat)

to ruin

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	שָׁחַת (shachat)
Pronunciation:	sha-chat    Listen
Gematria:	708(300 + 8 + 400)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	146 times in OT

Description

1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay
1a) (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to spoil, ruin
1b2) to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to spoil, ruin, destroy
1c2) to pervert, corrupt (morally)
1c3) destroyer (participle)
1d) (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)

Synonyms

שָׁחַת	shachat		H7843	(146 ggr)	to ruin
אָבַד	avad		H0006	(184 ggr)	to perish
אָלַח	alach		H0444	(3 ggr)	to corrupt
בָּלַק	balaq		H1110	(2 ggr)	to waste
חָרַם	charam		H2763a	(51 ggr)	to devote/destroy
כָּחַד	kachad		H3582	(32 ggr)	to hide
סָעַף	saaf		H5586	(1 ggr)	to lop
פּוּר	por		H6331	(3 ggr)	to break
שָׁדַד	shadad		H7703	(57 ggr)	to ruin
שָׁמַד	shamad		H8045	(90 ggr)	to destroy
שָׁסָה	shasah		H8154	(11 ggr)	to plunder
שָׁסַס	shasas		H8155	(6 ggr)	to plunder

שָׁחַת	shachat		H7843	(146 ggr)	to ruin
לוּז	loz		H3868	(6 ggr)	be devious
עָוַל	aval		H5765	(2 ggr)	to act unjustly
עָקַל	aqal		H6127	(1 ggr)	to twist
עָקַשׁ	aqash		H6140	(5 ggr)	to twist
פָּתַל	patal		H6617	(5 ggr)	to twist

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with shachat as root:

אַל תַּשְׁחֵת	al tashchet	H0516	Al-taschith
מַשְׁחִית	mashchit	H4889	destruction
מִשְׁחַת	mishchat	H4893a	mutilation

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word shachat was translated to the following:

ἀγρεύω	agreuo	G0064	catch
αἴρω	airo	G0142	take up
ἁμαρτάνω	hamartano	G0264	sin
ἀνομία	anomia	G0458	iniquity
ἄνομος	anomos	G0459	without law
ἀπόλλυμι	apollumi	G0622	perish
ἀπώλεια	apoleia	G0684	perdition
ἀσεβής	asebes	G0765	ungodly
ἀφανίζω	aphanizo	G0853	corrupt
ἀφανισμός	aphanismos	G0854	vanish away
διασπορά	diaspora	G1290	dispersed
διαφθείρω	diaphtheiro	G1311	destroy
διαφθορά	diaphthora	G1312	corruption
ἐκχέω	ekcheo, ekchuno	G1632	pour out
ἐμβάλλω	emballo	G1685	cast
ἐξαίρω	exairo	G1808	take away
ἐξαλείφω	exaleipho	G1813	blot out
ἐξολοθρεύω	exolothreuo	G1842	destroy
ἐπιτίθημι	epitithemi	G2007	lay on
θύω	thuo	G2380	kill
καταβάλλω	kataballo	G2598	cast down
κατασκάπτω	kataskapto	G2679	ruin
καταστρώννυμι	katastronnumi	G2693	overthrow
καταφθείρω	katphtheiro	G2704	corrupt
λυμαίνομαι	lumainomai	G3075	make havoc
νοιέω	noeo	G3539	understand
ὀλοθρεύω	olothreuo	G3645	destroy
πίπτω	pipto	G4098	fall
ταπεινόω	tapeinoo	G5013	humble
φθείρω	phtheiro	G5351	corrupt

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