שַׁחַת shachath

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.

Derivation: from H7743 (שׁוּחַ);

Where it is used

• Job 9:31 then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
• Job 17:14 and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
• Job 33:18 to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
• Job 33:22 He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
• Job 33:24 to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
• Job 33:28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
• Job 33:30 to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
• Psalms 7:15 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
• Psalms 9:15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
• Psalms 16:10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
• Psalms 30:9 “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
• Psalms 35:7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
• Psalms 49:9 that he should live on forever and not see decay.
• Psalms 55:23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Psalms 94:13 to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
• Psalms 103:4 who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
• Proverbs 26:27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
• Isaiah 38:17 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
• Isaiah 51:14 The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
• Ezekiel 19:4 When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
• Ezekiel 19:8 Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
• Ezekiel 28:8 They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
• Jonah 2:6 To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!