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Strong's #4288 - מְחִתָּה

Transliteration

mᵉchittâh

Phonetics

mekh-it-taw'

Origin

from (H2846)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

784g

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

destruction, ruin, terror, a breaking
1. terror, dismay, object of terror
2. ruin

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1167 ‑ δειλία (di‑lee'‑ah); 5156 ‑ τρόμος (trom'‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (11)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

BSB (11)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

CSB (8)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

ESV (11)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

KJV (11)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

LEB (11)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

LSB (13)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 4

N95 (11)

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

NAS (13)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (11)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 7

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

ASV (11)

and a terror 1

and from terror 1

be not a terror 1

but it is a destruction 2

destruction 1

is his destruction 1

is the destruction 1

shall have destruction 1

the destruction 1

to ruin 1

BSB (11)

a terror 1

and horror 1

and removed from terror 1

but a terror 1

but destruction 1

destruction 1

invites his own ruin 1

is his ruin 1

is the ruin 1

ruin 1

to rubble 1

CSB (8)

a terror 1

destruction 1

his devastation 1

his own ruin 1

shock 1

terror 1

their destruction 1

to ruins 1

ESV (11)

destruction 1

horror 1

ruin 4

ruined 1

ruins 1

terror 3

KJV (11)

destruction 7

dismaying 1

ruin 1

terror 2

LEB (11)

a ruin 1

and as a terror 1

but dismay 1

but ruin 1

is ruin to him 1

is ruined 1

ruin 1

ruin belongs to him 1

terror 1

the ruin of 1

to me a terror 1

LSB (13)

object 1

of 1

ruin 8

terror 3

N95 (11)

object 1

ruin 6

terror 4

NAS (13)

object 1

of 1

ruin 7

terror 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (11)

and a terror 1

and from terror 1

but it is a destruction 2

comes to ruin 1

is his destruction 1

is the destruction 1

ruin 1

the destruction 1

to ruin 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1183) t h (ההת HhT) AC: Break CO: ? AB: F |kjv: dread, broken, fear, dismayed - Strongs: H2844 (חַת)

N^f1 ) e t h (ההתה HhTH) - F |kjv: terror - Strongs: H2847 (חִתָּה)

a^f1 ) e t h m (מההתה MHhTH) - Firepan: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (22): censer, firepan, snuffdish - Strongs: H4289 (מַחְתָּה)

l^m) t h t h (ההתההת HhTHhT) - F |kjv: fear - Strongs: H2849 (חַתְחַת)

B) t t h (ההתת HhTT) AC: Break CO: ? AB: Fear

V) t t h (ההתת HhTT) - Break: To broken in fear or terror. KJV (54): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) dismayed, afraid, break in pieces, broken, break down, abolish, amazed, confound, discouraged, beat down, scarest, terrify - Strongs: H2865 (חָתַת)

N^m) t t h (ההתת HhTT) - Breaking: KJV (1): cast down - Strongs: H2866 (חֲתַת)

b^f) t i t h (ההתית HhTYT) - F |kjv: terror - Strongs: H2851 (חִתִּית)

H) e t h (ההתה HhTH) AC: Seize CO: ? AB: ?: To break down causing a great fear.

V) e t h (ההתה HhTH) - Seize: KJV (4): (vf: Paal) take, heap - Strongs: H2846 (חָתָה)

M) t i h (ההית HhYT) AC: ? CO: Ruin AB: ?: Something that is broken into pieces.

k^f1) e t i h m (מההיתה MHhYTH) - Ruin: KJV (11): destruction, terror, ruin, dismay - Strongs: H4288 (מְחִתָּה)

Adopted Roots:

A2224 N t h (Relate, Wedding, In-law)
A2225 P t h (Snatch, Prey)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מְחִתָּה noun feminine terror, destruction, ruin, in poetry (especially Proverbs) — absolute ׳מ Proverbs 10:14 8t.; construct מְחִתַּת Proverbs 10:15; Proverbs 14:28; —

1. a. terror, Isaiah 54:14 ("" עשֶׁק), Jeremiah 17:17; = object of terror, Jeremiah 48:39 ("" שְׂחֹק).

b. dismay, Proverbs 21:15 (opposed to שִׂמְחָה).

2 ruin, of strongholds Psalm 89:41; רָזוֺן׳בְּאֶפֶס לְאֹם מ Proverbs 14:28 without people is ruin to a prince (opposed to הַדְרַתמֶֿלֶךְ); דַּלִּים׳מ רֵישָׁם Proverbs 10:15 the ruin of the poor (is) their poverty; as consequence of evil-doing לְפֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן׳מ Proverbs 10:29 (opposed to מָעוֺז); of fools לֿוֺ׳מִּי כְסִיל מ Proverbs 18:7, compare Proverbs 13:3 (opposed to שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֺ); קְרֹבָה׳מִּי אֱוִיל מ Proverbs 10:14 the mouth of a fool is imminent ruin.

חֵת, חִתִּי see above

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מְחִתָּה f. (from the root חָתַת), properly a breaking; hence

(1) destruction, ruin, Proverbs 10:14, 29 Proverbs 10:29, 13:3 18:7 Jeremiah 17:17; Psalms 89:41.

(2) consternation, alarm, Proverbs 10:15 (see the root No. 2); terror, Proverbs 21:15; Isaiah 54:14.

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List of Word Forms

וְלִמְחִתָּ֖ה וּ֝מְחִתָּ֗ה וּמִ֨מְּחִתָּ֔ה ולמחתה ומחתה וממחתה לִמְחִתָּ֑ה למחתה מְחִתַּ֖ת מְחִתַּ֥ת מְחִתָּ֥ה מְחִתָּה־ מְחִתָּה׃ מחתה מחתה־ מחתת lim·ḥit·tāh limchitTah limḥittāh mə·ḥit·tāh mə·ḥit·tāh- mə·ḥit·taṯ mechittah mechitTat məḥittāh məḥittāh- məḥittaṯ ū·mə·ḥit·tāh ū·mim·mə·ḥit·tāh umechitTah ūməḥittāh uMimechitTah ūmimməḥittāh velimchitTah wə·lim·ḥit·tāh wəlimḥittāh