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Deuteronomy 32:5
“They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁחַתshâchath · shaw-khath'
H7843 · Hebrew
H7843 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).
- Grammar
- שִׁחֵ֥ת — verb Piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 147 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:11Genesis 6:12Genesis 6:12Genesis 6:13Genesis 6:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁחַת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.