Know the Word.

Hebrew word

shâchath

shaw-khath'

שָׁחַת

What it means

to decay, i.e. ruin

to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • destroy59
  • destroyed19
  • corrupted10
  • corrupt8
  • destroying5
  • mar4
  • marred3
  • destroyer2

Every place it appears 131