Lexicon :: Strong's H4889 - mašḥîṯ

מַשְׁחִית

Transliteration

mašḥîṯ

Pronunciation

mash-kheeth'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From שָׁחַת (H7843)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2370a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

מַשְׁחִית mashchîyth, mash-kheeth'; from H7843; destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption):—corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H4889 in the following manner: destroy (4x), corruption (2x), destruction (2x), set a trap (1x), destroying (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H4889 in the following manner: destroy (4x), corruption (2x), destruction (2x), set a trap (1x), destroying (1x), utterly (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

ruin, destruction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H4889: Abbreviations

† מַשְׁחִית noun [masculine] ruin, destruction; — מ׳ absolute Jeremiah 5:26 + 10 times; — physical destruction Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 9:6; Ezekiel 21:36; Ezekiel 25:15; Exodus 12:13 (P), 2 Chronicles 20:23; 22:4; בַּעַל מ׳ Proverbs 18:9 = destroyer; Daniel 10:8 (disfigurement); הַרמֿ׳ Jeremiah 51:25 (figurative of Babylonian as destroyer), in 2 Kings 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; mons offensionis).

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