Shâchaṭ — H7819

H7819 · Hebrew — שחט

Pronunciation: shaw-khat'

Definition

verb

to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)

  1. v
  2. to kill, slaughter, beat
    1. (Qal)
      1. to slaughter
        1. beast for food
        2. sacrifice
        3. person in human sacrifice
        4. beaten, hammered (of shekels)
    2. (Niphal) to be slaughtered, be slain (of food or sacrifice)
  3. n f
  4. (BDB) slaughtering
    1. word doubtful

Usually translated as

kill, slay, offer, slaughter, shoot out

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shâchaṭ occurs 81 times in 70 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (6), Leviticus (30), Numbers (3), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (6), Ezra (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (6), Hosea (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S