Strong’s H7844 · Aramaic
שְׁחַת
shᵉchath · shekh-ath'
Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to שָׁחַת (H7843)
Meaning {to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)}
In the King James Version corrupt, fault.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Daniel 2:9But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 6:4Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.