H7845 - שַׁחַת (shachath)

H7845 שַׁחַת (shachath) shakh'-ath

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 7743; a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁ֫חַת (sha.chat) — Pit: hell. Pit, of hell Another name of she.ol (שְׁאוֹל "Sheol" H7585) This name means pit, grave

שַׁ֫חַת (sha.chat) — pit: grave. 1) pit, destruction, grave 1a) pit (for catching lions)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שַׁחַת (H7845)

noun f · שׁוח

Landforms

pit = a hole in the ground, often containing water or mud; ≈ associated with stench

JOB 9:31

Traps | ≈ חָח · רֶשֶׁת

pit = a hole in the ground; ◄ produced by digging; ► often camouflaged to be used to trap animals; ≈ camouflaged pits were hard to see and people were susceptible to fall into them

PSA 7:16 · PSA 9:16 · PSA 35:7 · PSA 94:13 · PRO 26:27 · EZK 19:4 · EZK 19:8 · HOS 5:2

Regions Under the Earth | ≈ שְׁאֹול

Pit = world of the dead, ◄ described as a pit, deep in the ground

JOB 17:14 · JOB 33:18 · JOB 33:22 · JOB 33:24 · JOB 33:28 · JOB 33:30 · PSA 16:10 · PSA 30:10 · PSA 49:10 · PSA 55:24 · PSA 103:4 · ISA 38:17 · ISA 51:14 · EZK 28:8 · JON 2:7

¹ HOS 5:2 RSV NRSV REB GNT CEV "pit" NJPS "pitfalls" NJB "ditch" | MT NIV ESV "slaughter" = שַׁחְַטָה

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁ֫חַת n.f. pit base