שׁוּחָה
shu.chah
pit
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word שׁוּחָה (shu.chah) is translated as "pit". The data indicates that this word is used 5 times in the Bible. As a concrete noun, its meaning is literal, referring to a hole or excavation in the ground. The lexicon does not provide any abstract or metaphorical sense of the word. In its usage, the noun שׁוּחָה appears to be straightforwardly descriptive, indicating a physical place or feature. The text does not suggest any specific connotations or associations beyond its literal definition. While the occurrence of a pit might carry some implicit danger or risk, this aspect is not inherent in the word itself, but rather may be taken as a consequence of its geographical context.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Jeremiah 2:6They didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’
Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
Jeremiah 18:20Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.