מִשְׁחָת
mishchat · disfigurement
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4893 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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mishchat (מִשְׁחָת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “disfigurement”.
Damage, a deformity that spoils something.
How to say it
mish·chat
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
- A face so marred it no longer looks human.
- A flaw that makes an animal unfit to offer.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- damage ×1
- disfigured ×1
Where it appears
- Leviticus 22:25
And from the hand of a foreigner you shall not present the food of your Elohim from any of these, for their damage is in them; there is a defect in them; they will not be accepted for you.”
- Isaiah 52:14
Just as many were astonished at you —so disfigured, beyond that of a man, was his appearance, and his form, beyond that of human beings—