Quick Definition
to beat
Strong's Definition
to comminate (by trituration or attrition)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: beat, wear.
TWOT Reference: 2367
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to rub away, beat fine, pulverise
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to rub away
1a1a) of incense, stones
1a1b) of enemies (fig)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁחַק (sha.chaq) — to beat. 1) to rub away, beat fine, pulverise 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rub away 1a1a) of incense, stones 1a1b) of enemies (fig)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שַׁחַק
Impact | verb qal
to grind to powder, to pulverize = causative action by which objects are ground to fine powder with a heavy tool
Impact | verb qal
to wear away = causative action by which objects are slowly reduced to powder and wear away, as a result of being exposed to the forces of nature
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁחַק] vb. rub away, beat fine, pulverize base