מְחִתָּה
me.chit.tah
“terror”
Definition
properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
from H2846 (חָתָה);
- destruction, ruin, terror, a breaking 1a) terror, dismay, object of terror 1b) ruin
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מְחִתָּה appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
“How shattered it is! How they wail!How Moab has turned his back in shame!Moab has become an object of ridicule and horrorto all those around him.”
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city,but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
He who guards his mouth protects his life,but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin,and his lips are a snare to his soul.
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