H4288 מְחִתָּה
mᵉchittâh — properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
KJV: destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.
Derived from חָתָה châthâh (to lay hold of)
Occurs 11 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְחִתָּה n.f. terror, destruction, ruin
Where it occurs
- Isaiah 54:14 — You will be established in righteousness. You will be far from oppression, for you will not be afraid, and far from…
- Jeremiah 17:17 — Don’t be a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of evil.
- Jeremiah 48:39 — “How it is broken down! How they wail! How Moab has turned the back with shame! So will Moab become a derision and a…
- Psalms 89:41 — You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
- Proverbs 10:14 — Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
- Proverbs 10:15 — The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- Proverbs 10:29 — The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
- Proverbs 13:3 — He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
- Proverbs 14:28 — In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
- Proverbs 18:7 — A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.