HEBREW

שָׁחַת H7843

shâchath · pronounced shaw-khath'

Definition

to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

Derivation

a primitive root;

King James Version Usage

batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).