Strong’s definition
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
KJV gloss list in the source
batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).
Source pronunciation notation: shaw-khath'
Derivation recorded by Strong
a primitive root;
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