Strong's Definition
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.
TWOT Reference: 2362
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁחַט (sha.chat) — to slaughter. v 1) to kill, slaughter, beat 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to slaughter 1a1a) beast for food 1a1b) sacrifice 1a1c) person in human sacrifice 1a1d) beaten, hammered (of shekels) 1b) (Niphal) to be slaughtered, be slain (of food or sacrifice) Also means: sha.chat (שָׁחוּט "beaten" H7820)
שַׁחֲטָה (sha.cha.tah) — slaughtering. 1) (BDB) slaughtering 1a) word doubtful
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שְׁחִיטָה · שַׁחֲטָה
Dead | verb qal, verb nif
to slaughter = causative action by which humans kill animals or humans, normally by cutting their throats, ► for ritual purposes or for food
GEN 22:10 · GEN 37:31 · EXO 12:6 · EXO 12:21 · EXO 29:11 · EXO 29:16 · EXO 29:20 · LEV 1:5 · LEV 1:11 · LEV 3:2 · LEV 3:8 · LEV 3:13 · LEV 4:4 · LEV 4:15 · LEV 4:24 · LEV 4:24 · LEV 4:29 · LEV 4:33 · LEV 4:33 · LEV 6:18 · LEV 6:18 · LEV 7:2 · LEV 7:2 · LEV 8:15 · LEV 8:19 · LEV 8:23 · LEV 9:8 · LEV 9:12 · LEV 9:15 · LEV 9:18 · LEV 14:5 · LEV 14:6 · LEV 14:13 · LEV 14:13 · LEV 14:19 · LEV 14:25 · LEV 14:50 · LEV 14:51 · LEV 16:11 · LEV 16:15 · LEV 17:3 · LEV 17:3 · LEV 22:28 · NUM 11:22 · NUM 19:3 · 1SA 1:25 · 1SA 14:32 · 1SA 14:34 · 1SA 14:34 · 2CH 29:22 · 2CH 29:22 · 2CH 29:22 · 2CH 29:24 · 2CH 30:15 · 2CH 35:1 · 2CH 35:6 · 2CH 35:11 · EZR 6:20 · ISA 22:13 · ISA 57:5 · ISA 66:3 · EZK 16:21 · EZK 23:39 · EZK 40:39 · EZK 40:41 · EZK 40:42 · EZK 44:11
Dead | verb qal
to slaughter, to kill = causative action by which humans kill other humans as a deed of aggression, usually with the sword
JDG 12:6 · 1KI 18:40 · 2KI 10:7 · 2KI 10:14 · 2KI 25:7 · JER 39:6 · JER 39:6 · JER 41:7 · JER 52:10 · JER 52:10
Dead
to cause (someone) to die = causative process by which deities cause humans to die an untimely death
Sacrifice | verb qal
to offer literally: to slaughter blood; hence: = causative action by which humans slaughter an animal to be sacrificed to a deity
verb
1 JER 9:7 MT-K שׁוחט | MT-Q שָׁחוּט
noun f · שׁחט
Dead
slaughter = causative action by which humans kill animals or humans, normally by cutting their throats, ► for ritual purposes or for food
1 HOS 5:2 MT NIV ESV "slaughter" | RSV NRSV REB GNT CEV "pit" NJPS "pitfalls" NJB "ditch" = שַׁחַת
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁחַט 84 vb. slaughter, beat Qal slaughter
Niph. be slaughtered for food
base
שַׁחֲטָה n.f. doubtful word;—Ho 5:2 RV (cf. AV) the revolters are gone deep in slaughtering ref