Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7844: שְׁחַת

shᵉchath · pronounced shekh-ath' · “to corrupt”

Definition

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

KJV translates it as: corrupt, fault.

Word origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7843 (שָׁחַת)

Extended definition

1) to corrupt
1a) (P'al)
1a1) corrupt (participle)
1a2) fault (subst)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7844 is translated

  • corruption ×2
  • corrupt ×1

Bible verses with H7844 (shᵉchath)

Shᵉchath appears in 2 verses.

  • Daniel 2:9

    But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

  • Daniel 6:4

    Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.