mechita · ruin; terror

What it means

mechita (מְחִתָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ruin; terror”.

Ruin, destruction; also dismay, consternation.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Something that causes dread.
2. The end that overtakes whoever sinks: the fall and the disaster.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• ruin ×8
• terror ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×7
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×2

• Psalms 89:40

  You have broken through all his fences; you have made his strongholds a ruin.

• Proverbs 10:14

  The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool is ruin close at hand.

• Proverbs 10:15

  The wealth of the rich man is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

• Proverbs 10:29

  A stronghold for integrity is the way of YHWH, but ruin for those who do wickedness.

• Proverbs 13:3

  Whoever watches his mouth guards his soul; whoever opens wide his lips, ruin is his.

• Proverbs 14:28

  In the multitude of people is the majesty of a king, but in the lack of a nation is the ruin of a prince.

• Proverbs 18:7

  The mouth of the senseless is ruin to him, and his lips a snare to his soul.

• Proverbs 21:15

  It is joy for the righteous to do justice, but ruin for those who work wickedness.

• Isaiah 54:14

  In righteousness you will be established; be far from oppression, for you will not fear, and from terror, for it will not come near to you.

• Jeremiah 17:17

  Do not be to me a terror; my refuge are you in the day of evil.

• Jeremiah 48:39

  How it is dismayed! Wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! And Moab will become a laughingstock and a terror to all who are around him.