מְחִתָּה (mĕḥittâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning terror. It appears
11 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4288).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 784g)
Range of meaning (TWOT 784g)terror, destruction, ruin; dissolution, consternation; dismaying
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מְחִתָּהnoun, feminine: terror, destruction, ruin
Strong's H4288מְחִתָּה: properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation KJV:destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 784: חָתַתḥātat — be shattered, dismayed; broken; scare; cause to be dismayed, terrify; prostrate, break; abolish, affright, be afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, go down