Shachat שַׁ֫חַת

Shachat (Hebrew שַׁ֫חַת, Strong's H7845) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “Pit: hell”. It occurs 23 times in 23 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7845G: Pit: hell

H7845H: pit: grave

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Job

• Job 9:31
  Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
• Job 17:14
  I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
• Job 33:18
  He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
• Job 33:22
  Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
• Job 33:24
  Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
• Job 33:28
  He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
• Job 33:30
  To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Psalms

• Psalm 7:15
  He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
• Psalm 9:15
  The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
• Psalm 16:10
  For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
• Psalm 30:9
  What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
• Psalm 35:7
  For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
• Psalm 49:9
  That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.that he should live on forever and not see decay.
• Psalm 55:23
  But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Psalm 94:13
  That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
• Psalm 103:4
  Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,

Proverbs

• Proverbs 26:27
  Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 38:17
  Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
• Isaiah 51:14
  The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 19:4
  The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
• Ezekiel 19:8
  Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
• Ezekiel 28:8
  They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.

Jonah

• Jonah 2:6
  I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).