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שָׁחַט H7819

H7819 is the Hebrew word שָׁחַט, transliterated shâchaṭ and said shaw-khat'. The King James Version most often renders it kill.

Word: שָׁחַטTransliteration: shâchaṭSaid: shaw-khat'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 69 verses

What it means

to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 72 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

kill 19×slew 19×killed 14×slay 7×where they kill 3×slain 3×killeth 2×offer 1×where he shall kill 1×or that killeth 1×therefore he hath slain 1×one shall slay 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.

Verses using שָׁחַט

The first 40 of 69 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 22:10 · KJV

And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

Genesis 37:31 · KJV

And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

Exodus 12:6 · KJV

And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

Exodus 12:21 · KJV

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

Exodus 29:11 · KJV

And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Exodus 29:16 · KJV

And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

Exodus 29:20 · KJV

Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

Exodus 34:25 · KJV

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

Leviticus 1:5 · KJV

And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Leviticus 1:11 · KJV

And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 3:2 · KJV

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

Leviticus 3:8 · KJV

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 3:13 · KJV

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

Leviticus 4:4 · KJV

And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.

Leviticus 4:15 · KJV

And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.

Leviticus 4:24 · KJV

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 4:29 · KJV

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

Leviticus 4:33 · KJV

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

Leviticus 6:25 · KJV

Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.

Leviticus 7:2 · KJV

In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 8:15 · KJV

And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

Leviticus 8:19 · KJV

And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

Leviticus 8:23 · KJV

And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

Leviticus 9:8 · KJV

Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

Leviticus 9:12 · KJV

And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 9:15 · KJV

And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.

Leviticus 9:18 · KJV

He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,

Leviticus 14:5 · KJV

And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

Leviticus 14:6 · KJV

As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:

Leviticus 14:13 · KJV

And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:

Leviticus 14:19 · KJV

And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:

Leviticus 14:25 · KJV

And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:

Leviticus 14:50 · KJV

And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

Leviticus 14:51 · KJV

And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:

Leviticus 16:11 · KJV

And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:

Leviticus 16:15 · KJV

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:

Leviticus 17:3 · KJV

What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,

Leviticus 22:28 · KJV

And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

Numbers 11:22 · KJV

Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

Numbers 14:16 · KJV

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7819 mean?

H7819 is the Hebrew word שָׁחַט (shâchaṭ), meaning to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre).

How is H7819 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it kill (19 times), slew (19 times), killed (14 times), slay (7 times), where they kill (3 times), among others.

How many times does H7819 appear in the Bible?

שָׁחַט (shâchaṭ) is tagged in 69 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7819 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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