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שַׁחַץ

shachats · pride

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7830 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

shachats (שַׁחַץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pride”.

Haughtiness. "The sons of pride" are the fiercest beasts (Job 28:8; 41:34).

How to say it

sha·chats

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. The haughtiness of one who thinks himself above all; in Job, the proudest beasts are its "sons".

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

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Words that come from it

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

Where it appears

  • Job 28:8

    the sons of pride have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

  • Job 41:34

    All that is high it looks at; it is king over all the sons of pride.”