# שְׁחִית (shechit)

Israeli respelling: she-chit. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7825. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

a pit-fall (literally or figuratively)

King James renderings: destruction, pit.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shechit-h7825

## Occurrences

- [Psalms 107:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/107/20) — He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
- [Lamentations 4:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/4/20) — The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the he…