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šāḥat שָׁחַת ‘to ruin’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

šāḥat v
1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay
 1a) (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted
 1b) (Piel)
  1b1) to spoil, ruin
  1b2) to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally)
 1c) (Hiphil)
  1c1) to spoil, ruin, destroy
  1c2) to pervert, corrupt (morally)
  1c3) destroyer (participle)
 1d) (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)

Mentioned in Genesis 19:29, 18:31, 18:32, 18:28, 38:9, 19:14, 6:11, 6:12, 6:13, 19:13, 6:17, 9:11, 13:10, 9:15 Exodus 21:26, 12:23, 32:7, 8:20 Codex Leviticus 19:27 Numbers 32:15 Deuteronomy 4:31, 10:10, 20:19, 9:26, 4:16, 31:29, 9:12, 4:25, 20:20, 32:5 Joshua 22:33 Judges 2:19, 6:5, 20:21, 20:25, 20:35, 20:42, 6:4 1 Samuel 26:9, 26:15, 6:5, 13:17, 23:10, 14:15 2 Samuel 20:15, 1:14, 24:16, 14:11, 20:20, 11:1 2 Kings 19:12, 8:19, 13:23, 18:25 Isaiah 37:12, 65:25, 1:4, 51:13, 65:8, 36:10, 54:16, 11:9, 14:20 Jeremiah 13:14, 36:29, 13:7, 15:6, 18:4, 4:7, 22:7, 2:30, 15:3, 5:10, 51:1, 51:25, 11:19, 49:9, 13:9, 6:5, 12:10, 51:11, 51:20, 6:28, 48:18 Ezekiel 9:8, 20:44, 23:11, 22:30, 43:3, 28:17, 30:11, 5:16, 20:17, 26:4, 16:47 Hosea 11:9, 9:9, 13:9 Amos 1:11 Nahum 2:3 Zephaniah 3:7 Malachi 3:11, 1:14, 2:8 Psalms 14:1, 53:2, 78:45, 106:23, 78:38 Proverbs 28:24, 18:9, 23:8, 6:32, 11:9, 25:26 Ruth 4:6 Lamentations 2:8, 2:5, 2:6 Daniel 9:26, 8:25, 11:17, 8:24 1 Chronicles 21:12, 21:15, 20:1 2 Chronicles 27:2, 21:7, 34:11, 35:21, 12:7, 24:23, 25:16, 26:16, 36:19, 12:12

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