7845 - shachath

Strong's Concordance

Original word: שָׁ֫חַת
Transliteration: shachath
Definition (short): pit
Definition (full): a pit, destruction

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from shuach
Definition: a pit
NASB Translation: destruction (1), dungeon (1), hole (1), pit (18), undergo decay (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From shuwach; a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction -- corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.

see HEBREW shuwach

KJV: Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
NASB: Yet You would plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me.
KJV: I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
NASB: If I call to the pit, 'You are my father'; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister';
KJV: He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
NASB: He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.
KJV: Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
NASB: "Then his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.
KJV: Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
NASB: Then let him be gracious to him, and say, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom';