שָׁחַקshâchaq/shaw-khak'/
HebrewH78334 occurrences (KJV)
to comminate (by trituration or attrition)
KJV renders it: beat, wear.
Where it appears
- Exod 30:36and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.
- 2 Sam 22:43Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
- Job 14:19The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.
- Ps 18:42Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.