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מְחִתָּה (H4288)

mᵉchittâh

mekh-it-taw'

from חָתָה; properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation; destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

מְחִתָּה n.f. terror, destruction, ruin

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


11 occurrences

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  • Psalms 89:40
    Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
  • Proverbs 10:14
    Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
  • Proverbs 10:15
    The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
  • Proverbs 10:29
    The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
  • Proverbs 13:3
    He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
  • Proverbs 14:28
    In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
  • Proverbs 18:7
    A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
  • Proverbs 21:15
    It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
  • Isaiah 54:14
    In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
  • Jeremiah 17:17
    Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.