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מַשְׁחִית

mash.chitdestructionHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine12 occurrences7 books12 verses

Definition

from H7843; destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption)
Traditional renderings: corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, × utterly.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מַשְׁחִית:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. Exodus 12:13לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית · to destroy you
    The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
  2. 2 Kings 23:13הַמַּשְׁחִית֒ · of Corruption
    The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  3. 2 Chronicles 20:23לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃ · to destroy
    The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
  4. 2 Chronicles 22:4לְמַשְׁחִ֥ית · destruction
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.
  5. Proverbs 18:9מַשְׁחִֽית׃ · who destroys
    Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
  6. Jeremiah 5:26מַשְׁחִ֖ית · a trap
    For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
  7. Jeremiah 51:25הַמַּשְׁחִית֙ · O destroying
    “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
  8. Ezekiel 5:16לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית · destruction
    When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
  9. Ezekiel 9:6לְמַשְׁחִ֗ית
    Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
  10. Ezekiel 21:31מַשְׁחִֽית׃ · in destruction
    I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
  11. Ezekiel 25:15לְמַשְׁחִ֖ית · to destroy [Judah]
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,
  12. Daniel 10:8לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית · deathly pale
    So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.