King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7844
Transliteration: shechath
Phonetic Spelling: (shekh-ath')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to corrupt
Meaning: to decay, ruin
Word Summary
shechath: to corrupt
Original Word: שְׁחַתTransliteration: shechath
Phonetic Spelling: (shekh-ath')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to corrupt
Meaning: to decay, ruin
Strong's Concordance
corrupt, fault (Aramaic) corresponding to shachath -- corrupt, fault.
see HEBREW shachath
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7844. shechath
[שְׁחַת] verb corrupt (ᵑ7J (once), Syriac ; Biblical Hebrew [שָׁחַת]); —
Pe`al Passive participle feminine singular שְׁחִיתָה Daniel 2:9 corrupt word; as noun = fault 6:5 (twice in verse) (compare ᵑ7 Psalm 17:3; Ruth 4:22).