H7845 - שַׁחַת (shachath)

H7845 שַׁחַת (shachath) shakh'-ath

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

Pit: hell

Strong's Definition

a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction

Derivation: from H7743 (שׁוּחַ);

KJV Usage: corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.

TWOT Reference: 2343.1c,2370d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) pit, destruction, grave

1a) pit (for catching lions)

1b) pit (of Hell)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G999 G2288 G2513 G4509 G5356

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

Pit, of hell Another name of she.ol (שְׁאוֹל "Sheol" H7585) This name means pit, grave

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁחַת shachath BDB Definition: 1) pit, destruction, grave 1a) pit (for catching lions) 1b) pit (of Hell) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7743 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2343.1c, 2370d Total KJV Occurrences: 23

Bible Occurrences (23)

9:31 17:14 33:18 33:22 33:24 33:28 33:30

7:15 9:15 16:10 30:9 35:7 49:9 55:23 94:13 103:4

26:27

38:17 51:14

19:4 19:8 28:8

2:6

Job 9:31

then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

Job 17:14

and say to corruption, You [are] my father, and to the worm, My mother, or ‘My sister,

Job 33:18

to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

Job 33:22

He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

Job 33:24

to be gracious to him and say, Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,

Job 33:28

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.

Job 33:30

to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Proverbs 26:27

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.