4288 - mechittah

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מְחִתָּה
Transliteration: mechittah
Definition (short): ruin
Definition (full): a dissolution, a ruin, consternation

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from chathath
Definition: terror, destruction, ruin
NASB Translation: object of terror (1), ruin (7), terror (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From chathah; properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation -- destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.

see HEBREW chathah

References

Strong's 4288: 11 Occurrences
KJV: Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
NASB: You have broken down all his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
KJV: Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
NASB: Wise men store up knowledge, But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.
KJV: The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
NASB: The rich man's wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
KJV: The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
NASB: The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright, But ruin to the workers of iniquity.
KJV: He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
NASB: The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.