# H4288 מְחִתָּה

מְחִתָּה (mᵉchittâh), Strong’s H4288: properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation KJV: destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.. Occurs 11 times.

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*mᵉchittâh* — properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation

KJV: destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.

Derived from [חָתָה châthâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H2846) (to lay hold of)

Occurs 11 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְחִתָּה n.f. terror, destruction, ruin

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 54:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/54?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/17?v=17) — Don’t be a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of evil.
- [Jeremiah 48:39](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/48?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/89?v=41) — You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
- [Proverbs 10:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/10?v=14) — Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
- [Proverbs 10:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/10?v=15) — The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- [Proverbs 10:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/10?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/13?v=3) — He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
- [Proverbs 14:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/14?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/18?v=7) — A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.