שָׁחַט shachat

Hebrew word for “to slaughter” · Strong’s H7819 · used 81 times in 70 verses

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Meaning

v; 1) to kill, slaughter, beat;

Senses in the lexicon

• to slaughter (80)
• slaughtering (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shachat in context, with how often each is used:

• slaughtered 22
• will cut the throat 16
• will slaughter 6
• cut the throat 6
• slaughter 4
• someone cuts the throat 3
• someone will cut the throat 2
• which had the throat cut 2
• people slaughtered 2
• slaughtering 2
• must slaughter 1
• will cut throat 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 14 (7), Leviticus 4 (5), Leviticus 9 (4), Exodus 29 (3), Leviticus 3 (3), Leviticus 8 (3), 2 Chronicles 35 (3), Ezekiel 40 (3), Exodus 12 (2), Leviticus 1 (2)

Forms

• ושׁחט 17
• וישׁחטו 12
• וישׁחט 8
• ישׁחט 7
• ישׁחטו 5
• ושׁחטו 4
• ושׁחטת 3
• תשׁחט 3
• וישׁחטם 3
• וישׁחטום 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shachat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּם dam “blood” 24
• זָרַק zaraq “to scatter” 13
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 15
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 13
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 12
• סָבִיב saviv “around” 12
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 12
• סָמַךְ samakh “to support” 8
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 13
• פֶּסַח pesach “Passover” 7
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 13
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 9

Key verses

The verses using shachat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 12:6 — And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
• Leviticus 1:5 — And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is…
• Leviticus 3:2 — And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall…
• Leviticus 3:8 — And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood…
• Leviticus 8:15 — And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at…
• 1 Kings 18:40 — And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and…
• 2 Kings 25:7 — And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
• Isaiah 22:13 — And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
• Isaiah 57:5 — Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
• Isaiah 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s…
• Jeremiah 39:6 — Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
• Ezekiel 40:39 — And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.