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

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

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁ֫חַת n.f. pit base

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.