מַשְׁחִית (mašḥît) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning ruin. It appears
11 times
in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4889).
Also rendered
destruction
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2370a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2370a)ruin, destruction; destructive; corruption, destroy, destroying, trap
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מַשְׁחִיתnoun, masculine: ruin, destruction
Strong's H4889מַשְׁחִית: destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption) KJV:corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, × utterly.
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 2370: שָׁחַתšāḥat — go to ruin; be marred, spoiled; ruin, pervert, corrupt; decay; batter, cast off, corrupter, destroy, destroyer, destruction, lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, waste, waster