מַשְׁחִית

mashchit

mash-KHEET

destroyer, that which ruins

Where it comes from

Mashchit is a participle — not a name but a description, the ruining thing. Scripture is careful here. The destroyer is not given a personality or a story. It is simply not permitted through the door, and the text moves on.

Every place it appears

Strong's H4889. It stands in 11 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Exodus 12:23

For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

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