Mechittah מְחִתָּה
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| מְחִתָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mechittah |
| Strong's number | H4288 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | terror |
| Occurrences | 11 in 11 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (7) |
Mechittah (Hebrew מְחִתָּה, Strong's H4288) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “terror”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) destruction, ruin, terror, a breaking
1a) terror, dismay, object of terror
1b) ruin
1a) terror, dismay, object of terror
1b) ruin
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | destruction (7), terror (2), ruin (1), dismaying (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | terror (3), destruction (2), rubble (1), is the ruin (1), invites his own ruin (1), ruin (1), is his ruin (1), horror (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mechittah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 89:40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 10:14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
- Proverbs 10:15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
- Proverbs 10:29The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
- Proverbs 13:3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
- Proverbs 14:28In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
- Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Proverbs 21:15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 54:14In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 17:17Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
- Jeremiah 48:39They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).