שָׁחַט shâchaṭ

Meaning

to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)

In the King James Version: kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Jeremiah 39:6 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
• Jeremiah 41:7 And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
• Jeremiah 52:10 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.
• Ezekiel 16:21 You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.
• Ezekiel 23:39 On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.
• Ezekiel 40:39 Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.
• Ezekiel 40:41 So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.
• Ezekiel 40:42 There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.
• Ezekiel 44:11 Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.
• Hosea 5:2 The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.