# H7825 שְׁחִית

שְׁחִית (shᵉchîyth), Strong’s H7825: a pit-fall (literally or figuratively) KJV: destruction, pit.. Occurs 2 times.

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*shᵉchîyth* — a pit-fall (literally or figuratively)

KJV: destruction, pit.

Derived from [שָׁחָה shâchâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H7812) (to depress, i.e. prostrate)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [שְׁחִית] n.f. id. [v.cg.ab]

## Where it occurs
- [Psalms 107:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/107?v=20) — He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
- [Lamentations 4:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/lamentations/4?v=20) — The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, under his shadow we…