שָׁחוּט (šāḥaṭ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning slaughter. It appears
5 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7820).
Also rendered
beaten
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2362)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2362)slaughter, beat; hammer out; kill, offer, shoot out, slay
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שָׁחַטverb: slaughter, beat
Qalslaughter
Niphalbe slaughtered for food
Strong's H7819שָׁחַט: to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre) KJV:kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.
Strong's H7820שָׁחַט: to hammer out KJV:beat.
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.