מַשְׁחִית
mash.chit
“destruction”
Definition
destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption)
from H7843 (שָׁחַת);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
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Occurrences
מַשְׁחִית appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
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For among My people are wicked men;they watch like fowlers lying in wait;they set a trap to catch men.
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