King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4889
Transliteration: mashchith
Phonetic Spelling: (mash-kheeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: ruin, destruction
Meaning: destructive, destruction
Word Summary
mashchith: ruin, destruction
Original Word: מַשְׁחִיתTransliteration: mashchith
Phonetic Spelling: (mash-kheeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: ruin, destruction
Meaning: destructive, destruction
Strong's Concordance
corruption, to destroying, destruction, trap, utterly From shachath; destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption) -- corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, X utterly.
see HEBREW shachath
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4889. mashchith
מַשְׁחִית noun [masculine] ruin, destruction; — ׳מ absolute Jeremiah 5:26 10t.; — physical destruction Ezekiel 5:16; 9:6; Ezekiel 21:36; 25:15; Exodus 12:13 (P), 2 Chronicles 20:23; 22:4; מ ׳בַּעַל Proverbs 18:9 = destroyer; Daniel 10:8 (disfigurement); ׳הַרמֿ Jeremiah 51:25 (figurative of Babylonian as destroyer), in 2 Kings 23:13 = mountain of corruption (where bamoth were, southern end of Mt. of Olives, possibly adapted from הַרמִֿשְׁחָה so HoffmZAW ii (1882), 175 Benz Kit Bur; ᵑ9 mons offensionis).