שָׁחַת

sha.chat

Hebrew H7843 Verb 146 occurrences in 135 verses
שָׁחַת to ruin

1. to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay

a. (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted

b. (Piel)

1. to spoil, ruin

2. to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally)

c. (Hiphil)

1. to spoil, ruin, destroy

2. to pervert, corrupt (morally)

3. destroyer (participle)

d. (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)

Aramaic equivalent: she.chat (שְׁחַת "to corrupt" H7844)

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Concordance 135 verses

  1. 2 Samuel 24:16 לְשַׁחֲתָהּ֒הַמַּשְׁחִ֤ית

    But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  2. 2 Kings 8:19 לְהַשְׁחִ֣ית

    Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

  3. 2 Kings 13:23 הַשְׁחִיתָ֔ם

    But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.

  4. 2 Kings 18:25 לְהַשְׁחִת֑וֹוְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃

    So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”

  5. 2 Kings 19:12 שִׁחֲת֣וּ

    Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

  6. 1 Chronicles 20:1 וַיַּשְׁחֵ֣ת׀

    In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.

  7. 1 Chronicles 21:12 מַשְׁחִ֖ית

    between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

  8. 1 Chronicles 21:15 לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒וּכְהַשְׁחִ֗יתהַמַּשְׁחִית֙

    Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  9. 2 Chronicles 12:7 אַשְׁחִיתֵ֑ם

    When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

  10. 2 Chronicles 12:12 לְהַשְׁחִ֖ית

    Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.

  11. 2 Chronicles 21:7 לְהַשְׁחִית֙

    Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

  12. 2 Chronicles 24:23 וַיַּשְׁחִ֛יתוּ

    In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.

  13. 2 Chronicles 25:16 לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָ

    While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

  14. 2 Chronicles 26:16 לְהַשְׁחִ֔ית

    But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

  15. 2 Chronicles 27:2 מַשְׁחִיתִֽים׃

    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

  16. 2 Chronicles 34:11 הִשְׁחִ֖יתוּ

    They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.

  17. 2 Chronicles 35:21 יַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ׃

    But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty. God told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”

  18. 2 Chronicles 36:19 לְהַשְׁחִֽית׃ס

    Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

  19. Psalms 14:1 הִֽשְׁחִ֗יתוּ

    The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

  20. Psalms 53:1 הִֽ֝שְׁחִ֗יתוּ

    The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.

  21. Psalms 78:38 יַ֫שְׁחִ֥ית

    And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

  22. Psalms 78:45 וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃

    He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.

  23. Psalms 106:23 מֵֽהַשְׁחִֽית׃

    So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

  24. Proverbs 6:32 מַֽשְׁחִ֥ית

    He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

  25. Proverbs 11:9 יַשְׁחִ֣ת

    With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

  26. Proverbs 23:8 וְ֝שִׁחַ֗תָּ

    You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

  27. Proverbs 25:26 מָשְׁחָ֑ת

    Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

  28. Proverbs 28:24 מַשְׁחִֽית׃

    He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

  29. Isaiah 1:4 מַשְׁחִיתִ֑ים

    Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

  30. Isaiah 11:9 יַשְׁחִ֖יתוּ

    They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

  31. Isaiah 14:20 שִׁחַ֖תָּ

    You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.

  32. Isaiah 36:10 לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּוְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃

    So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”

  33. Isaiah 37:12 הִשְׁחִ֣יתוּ

    Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

  34. Isaiah 51:13 לְהַשְׁחִ֑ית

    But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

  35. Isaiah 54:16 מַשְׁחִ֖ית

    Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.

  36. Isaiah 65:8 תַּשְׁחִיתֵ֔הוּהַֽשְׁחִ֥ית

    This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.

  37. Isaiah 65:25 יַשְׁחִ֛יתוּ

    The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

  38. Jeremiah 2:30 מַשְׁחִֽית׃

    “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

  39. Jeremiah 4:7 וּמַשְׁחִ֣ית

    A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

  40. Jeremiah 5:10 וְשַׁחֵ֔תוּ

    Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.

  41. Jeremiah 6:5 וְנַשְׁחִ֖יתָה

    Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”

  42. Jeremiah 6:28 מַשְׁחִיתִ֖ים

    All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

  43. Jeremiah 11:19 נַשְׁחִ֨יתָה

    For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

  44. Jeremiah 12:10 שִֽׁחֲת֣וּ

    Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

  45. Jeremiah 13:7 נִשְׁחַ֣ת

    So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.

  46. Jeremiah 13:9 אַשְׁחִ֞ית

    “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

  47. Jeremiah 13:14 מֵהַשְׁחִיתָֽם׃ס

    I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”

  48. Jeremiah 15:3 וּלְהַשְׁחִֽית׃

    I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

  49. Jeremiah 15:6 וָֽאַשְׁחִיתֵ֔ךְ

    You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

  50. Jeremiah 18:4 וְנִשְׁחַ֣ת

    But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.

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