שַׁ֫חַת
sha.chat
“Pit: hell”
Definition
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
from H7743 (שׁוּחַ);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
שַׁ֫חַת appears 17 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
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Surely for my own welfareI 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.
to preserve his soul from the Pitand his life from perishing by the sword.
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,and I will live to see the light.’
He who digs a pit will fall into it,and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
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