H4889

H4889 — מַשׁחִיתּ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmashchiythnoun mascOccurrences: 11TWOT: 2370a

Definition / Gloss

mashchiyth (mash-kheeth') n-m. 1. destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption) [from H7843] KJV: corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, X utterly. Root(s): H7843

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H7843

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TWOT: 2370a

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KJV Renderings

corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, X utterly.

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מַשְׁחִית noun [masculine] ruin, destruction; — ׳ מ absolute Jer 5:26 + 10 t.; — physical destruction Ezek 5:16; Ezek 9:6; Ezek 21:36; Ezek 25:15; Exod 12:13 ( P ), 2Chr 20:23; 2Chr 22:4 ׳ בַּעַל מ Prov 18:9 = destroyer; Dan 10:8 (disfigurement); ׳ הַרמֿ Jer 51:25 (figurative of Babylonian as destroyer), in 2Kgs 23:13 = mountain of corruption (where bamoth were, southern end of Mt. of Olives, possibly adapted from הַרמִֿשְׁחָה so Hoffm^{ZAW ii (1882), 175} Benz Kit Bur; ᵑ9 mons offensionis).