Lexical Definition

‎שַׁחַת‎ shachath (shakh'-ath) Pit: hell ^H:N-F
from ‎שׁוּחַ‎

corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.

• a pit (especially as a trap)
• figuratively, destruction

1) pit, destruction, grave
1a) pit (for catching lions)
1b) pit (of Hell)

See Greek: βόθυνος · θάνατος · καθαρός · ῥύπος · φθορά

Extended Information

• Pit, of hell
• Another name of she.ol (‎ש‎ְׁ‎או‎ֹ‎ל‎ "Sheol" שְׁאוֹל)
• This name means pit, grave

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שַׁ֫חַת‎ noun feminine pit; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Ps 7:16* +; ‎שָׁ֑חַת‎ Ps 16:10 +; construct ‎שַׁ֫תַת‎ Isa 38:17; Ps 35:7 suffix ‎שַׁחְתָּם‎ Ezek 19:4; Ezek 19:8 (+ ‎שַׁחְתֹּה‎ Ps 35:8b We); —

1. pit, for catching lion (in figurative) Ezek 19:4; Ezek 19:8 figurative ‎׳‎‎פעל שׁ‎ Ps 7:16* with ‎עשׂה‎ Ps 9:16* with ‎חפר‎ Ps 35:7 (trasnp. ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ to v^b); with ‎ברת‎ Ps 94:13; Prov 26:27 + Ps 35:8b ᵑ6 We (for ‎שׁוֺאֶה‎); ‎׳‎‎טָבַל בּשׁ‎ Job 9:31.

2. pit of Sh®°ôl, ‎׳‎‎ירר שׁ‎ Job 33:24 ‎׳‎‎ראה (ה)שׁ‎ Ps 16:10 (|| ‎שִׁאוֺל‎), Ps 49:10* ‎׳‎‎לשׁ‎, with ‎הוֺרִיד‎ Ezek 28:8, and Ps 55:24* (‎׳‎‎לִבְאֵר שׁ‎); ‎קָרֵב‎ Job 33:22 ‎יָמוּת‎ Isa 51:14 ‎׳‎‎עָבַר בֵשּׁ‎ Job 33:28 ‎׳‎‎יָרַד אֶלשֿׁ‎ Ps 30:10* ‎׳‎‎מִשּׁ‎, with ‎חשׁק‎ Isa 38:17 (poem), with ‎חשׂח‎ Job 33:18 (‎מִנִּיֿ‎); with ‎העלה‎ Jonah 2:7* with ‎הֵשִׁיב‎ Job 33:30 (‎מִנִּיֿ‎); with ‎נאל‎ Ps 103:4 personified Job 17:14 (|| ‎רִמָּה‎). — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ here either = ‎שְׁאוֺל‎ (hollow place, cavern), or < = pit in ‎שְׁאוֺל‎ (compare, from Ezek. on, ‎בּוֺר‎ 5; also ‎אֲבַדּוֺן‎, p. 2, and ‎עִמְקֵי שְׁאוֺל‎ Prov 9:18. This distinction of two parts of ‎שְׁאוֺל‎ became important in Jewish and Christian theology).

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