Strong H7819H7819Aשָׁחַט

to slaughter

One of the 2 senses of Strong H7819

Transliteration
shâchaţ
Pronunciation
shaw-khat'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

v
1) to kill, slaughter, beat
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to slaughter
1a1a) beast for food
1a1b) sacrifice
1a1c) person in human sacrifice
1a1d) beaten, hammered (of shekels)
1b) (Niphal) to be slaughtered, be slain (of food or sacrifice)
Also means: sha.chat (שָׁחוּט "beaten" H7820)

General definition

A primitive root; to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre): - {kill} {offer} shoot {out} {slay} slaughter.

In the Bible

Strong H7819A appears in 69 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • kill34
  • slay19
  • slew11
  • slain5
  • killeth2
  • offer1
  • shot1

First verses

  1. Genesis 22:10
    And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
  2. Genesis 37:31
    And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
  3. Exodus 12:6
    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.
  4. Exodus 12:21
    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.
  5. Exodus 29:11
    And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
  6. Exodus 29:16
    And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
  7. Exodus 29:20
    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.
  8. Exodus 34:25
    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.
  9. Leviticus 1:5
    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.
  10. Leviticus 1:11
    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.
  11. Leviticus 3:2
    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.
  12. Leviticus 3:8
    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.
  13. Leviticus 3:13
    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.
  14. Leviticus 4:4
    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.
  15. Leviticus 4:15
    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.
  16. Leviticus 4:24
    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.
  17. Leviticus 4:29
    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.
  18. Leviticus 4:33
    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.
  19. Leviticus 6:25
    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.
  20. Leviticus 7:2
    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.
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