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HebrewH7819Verb

שָׁחַט

sha.chat

68Occurrences
H7819Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
v 1) to kill, slaughter, beat 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to slaughter 1a1a) beast for food 1a1b) sacrifice 1a1c) person in human sacrifice 1a1d) beaten, hammered (of shekels) 1b) (Niphal) to be slaughtered, be slain (of food or sacrifice) Also means: sha.chat (*שָׁחוּט *"beaten" H7820)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

שָׁחַט appears 68 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
29
2 Chronicles
6
Exodus
6
Ezk
6
1 Samuel
3
2 Kings
3
Isaiah
3
Jeremiah
3

Key Passages

1 Kings 18:40BSB

Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

Exodus 12:6BSB

You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

Genesis 22:10BSB

Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

Leviticus 14:6BSB

And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

Leviticus 4:4BSB

He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.