Strong's Hebrew: 4889. מַשְׁחִית (mashchith) -- Destroyer, destruction, ruin
Strong's Lexicon
mashchith: Destroyer, destruction, ruin
Original Word: מַשְׁחִית
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mashchiyth
Pronunciation: mash-KHEETH
Phonetic Spelling: (mash-kheeth')
Definition: Destroyer, destruction, ruin
Meaning: destructive, destruction
Word Origin: Derived from the root שָׁחַת (shachath), meaning "to destroy" or "to corrupt."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3645 (ὀλεθρεύω, olethreuō) - to destroy, to ruin
- G622 (ἀπόλλυμι, apollymi) - to destroy, to perish
Usage: The term "mashchith" is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote an agent or instrument of destruction, often in the context of divine judgment or punishment. It can refer to both physical destruction and moral corruption. The word is sometimes used to describe a person or entity that brings about ruin or devastation.
Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near Eastern context, the concept of a "destroyer" was often associated with divine retribution. The Israelites understood that God, as the sovereign ruler, had the authority to bring about destruction as a form of judgment against sin and disobedience. This understanding is reflected in the biblical narrative, where destruction serves as both a warning and a call to repentance.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from shachath
Definition
ruin, destruction
NASB Translation
deathly pallor (1), destroy (2), destruction (3), trap (1), utterly (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מַשְׁחִית noun [masculine] ruin, destruction; — ׳מ absolute Jeremiah 5:26 10t.; — physical destruction Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 9:6; Ezekiel 21:36; Ezekiel 25:15; Exodus 12:13 (P), 2 Chronicles 20:23; 22:4; ׳בַּעַל מ 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).
Strong's Exhaustive 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
Forms and Transliterations
הַמַּשְׁחִית֒ הַמַּשְׁחִית֙ המשחית לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית לְמַשְׁחִ֖ית לְמַשְׁחִ֗ית לְמַשְׁחִ֥ית לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃ למשחית למשחית׃ מַשְׁחִ֖ית מַשְׁחִֽית׃ משחית משחית׃ ham·maš·ḥîṯ hammashChit hammašḥîṯ lə·maš·ḥîṯ lemashChit ləmašḥîṯ maš·ḥîṯ mashChit mašḥîṯ
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Englishman's Concordance
Exodus 12:13
HEB: בָכֶ֥ם נֶ֙גֶף֙ לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית בְּהַכֹּתִ֖י בְּאֶ֥רֶץ
KJV: over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy [you], when I smite
INT: will befall plague to destroy strike the land
2 Kings 23:13
HEB: מִימִ֣ין לְהַר־ הַמַּשְׁחִית֒ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּ֠נָה
NAS: of the mount of destruction which
KJV: of the mount of corruption, which Solomon
INT: the right of the mount of destruction which had built
2 Chronicles 20:23
HEB: אִישׁ־ בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃
NAS: they helped to destroy one
KJV: every one helped to destroy another.
INT: one another to destroy
2 Chronicles 22:4
HEB: מ֥וֹת אָבִ֖יו לְמַשְׁחִ֥ית לֽוֹ׃
NAS: of his father, to his destruction.
KJV: of his father to his destruction.
INT: the death of his father to his destruction
Jeremiah 5:26
HEB: יְקוּשִׁ֔ים הִצִּ֥יבוּ מַשְׁחִ֖ית אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃
NAS: They set a trap, They catch
KJV: they set a trap, they catch
INT: fowlers set A trap men catch
Jeremiah 51:25
HEB: אֵלֶ֜יךָ הַ֤ר הַמַּשְׁחִית֙ נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה
KJV: Behold, I [am] against thee, O destroying mountain,
INT: I am against mountain destroying declares the LORD
Ezekiel 5:16
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֣וּ לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח
KJV: of famine, which shall be for [their] destruction, [and] which I will send
INT: which become shall be for destruction whom will send
Ezekiel 9:6
HEB: וְנָשִׁ֜ים תַּהַרְג֣וּ לְמַשְׁחִ֗ית וְעַל־ כָּל־
NAS: Utterly slay old
KJV: Slay utterly old [and] young,
INT: and women slay Utterly and any
Ezekiel 21:31
HEB: בֹּֽעֲרִ֔ים חָרָשֵׁ֖י מַשְׁחִֽית׃
NAS: men, skilled in destruction.
KJV: men, [and] skilful to destroy.
INT: of brutal skilled destruction
Ezekiel 25:15
HEB: בִּשְׁאָ֣ט בְּנֶ֔פֶשׁ לְמַשְׁחִ֖ית אֵיבַ֥ת עוֹלָֽם׃
NAS: of soul to destroy with everlasting
KJV: heart, to destroy [it] for the old
INT: scorn of soul to destroy enmity everlasting
Daniel 10:8
HEB: נֶהְפַּ֤ךְ עָלַי֙ לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית וְלֹ֥א עָצַ֖רְתִּי
NAS: turned to a deathly pallor, and I retained
KJV: was turned in me into corruption, and I retained
INT: turned unto A deathly no retained