שְׁחִית (šĕḥît) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning pit-fall. It appears
2 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7825).
Also rendered
pit
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2360b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2360b)pit-fall; destruction, pit
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שְׁחִיתnoun, feminine
Strong's H7825שְׁחִית: a pit-fall (literally or figuratively) KJV:destruction, pit.
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 2360: שָׁחָהšāḥâ — bow down; depresses it; prostrate oneself; depress, prostrate; crouch, fall down, humbly beseech, do obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship