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שַׁחַת H7845
H7845 is the Hebrew word שַׁחַת, transliterated shachath and said shakh'-ath. The King James Version most often renders it pit.
What it means
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction.
Where it comes from
from H7743 (שׁוּחַ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
Verses using שַׁחַת
All 20 verses, quoted in full.
Job 9:31 · KJV
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Job 17:14 · KJV
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Job 33:18 · KJV
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Job 33:22 · KJV
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
Job 33:24 · KJV
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Job 33:28 · KJV
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Job 33:30 · KJV
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
Psalm 7:15 · KJV
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Psalm 9:15 · KJV
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalm 30:9 · KJV
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Psalm 35:7 · KJV
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Psalm 55:23 · KJV
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Psalm 94:13 · KJV
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Psalm 103:4 · KJV
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Proverbs 26:27 · KJV
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
Isaiah 38:17 · KJV
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Isaiah 51:14 · KJV
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
Ezekiel 19:4 · KJV
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 28:8 · KJV
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
Jonah 2:6 · KJV
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7845 mean?
H7845 is the Hebrew word שַׁחַת (shachath), meaning a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction.
How is H7845 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it pit (11 times), ditch (2 times), corruption (2 times), destruction (2 times), grave (1 time), among others.
How many times does H7845 appear in the Bible?
שַׁחַת (shachath) is tagged in 20 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7845 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7743 (שׁוּחַ).
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