Strong H7845H7845Gשַׁ֫חַת

Pit: hell

One of the 2 senses of Strong H7845

Transliteration
shachath
Pronunciation
shakh'-ath
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Pit, of hell
Another name of she.ol (שְׁאוֹל "Sheol" H7585)
This name means pit, grave

General definition

From H7743; a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively destruction: - {corruption} {destruction} {ditch} {grave} pit.

In the Bible

Strong H7845G appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pit8
  • corruption3
  • destruction2

First verses

  1. Job 33:18
    He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
  2. Job 33:24
    Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
  3. Job 33:28
    He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
  4. Job 33:30
    To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
  5. Psalms 16:10
    For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
  6. Psalms 30:9
    What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
  7. Psalms 49:9
    That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
  8. Psalms 55:23
    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.
  9. Psalms 103:4
    Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
  10. Isaiah 38:17
    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.
  11. Isaiah 51:14
    The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
  12. Ezekiel 28:8
    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.
  13. Jonah 2:6
    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.
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