Shachaq שָׁחַק

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Shachaq (Hebrew שָׁחַק, Strong's H7833) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to beat”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to rub away, beat fine, pulverise
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to rub away
1a1a) of incense, stones
1a1b) of enemies (fig)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	beat (3), wear (1)
BSB	i ground them (2), grind (1), wears away (1)

Every verse with Shachaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus 30:36
And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

2 Samuel 22:43
Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

Job 14:19
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

Psalm 18:42
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

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).