מְחִתָּה mᵉchittâh

Hebrew · Strong's H4288 · pronounced mekh-it-taw' · used 11 times in 11 verses

Meaning

properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation

In the King James Version: destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.

Derivation: from H2846 (חָתָה);

Psalms 89:40 You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
Proverbs 10:14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
Proverbs 10:15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Proverbs 10:29 The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
Proverbs 13:3 He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Proverbs 14:28 A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
Proverbs 18:7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 21:15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
Isaiah 54:14 In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
Jeremiah 17:17 Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
Jeremiah 48:39 “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”