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Lexicon :: Strong's H2916 - ṭîṭ

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טִיט
Transliteration
ṭîṭ
Pronunciation
teet
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky [rath perb. a demon. From טוּא (H2894), through the idea of dirt to be swept away]
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TWOT Reference: 796a

Strong’s Definitions

טִיט ṭîyṭ, teet; from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rather perhaps a demonstrative); from H2894, through the idea of dirt to be swept away); mud or clay; figuratively, calamity:—clay, dirt, mire.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2916 in the following manner: mire (8x), clay (3x), dirt (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H2916 in the following manner: mire (8x), clay (3x), dirt (2x).

  1. mud, clay, mire, damp dirt

    1. mud, mire

    2. clay (poetical)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טִיט ṭîyṭ, teet; from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rather perhaps a demonstrative); from H2894, through the idea of dirt to be swept away); mud or clay; figuratively, calamity:—clay, dirt, mire.
STRONGS H2916: Abbreviations
† טִיט noun masculine mud, mire, clay (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian ṭîṭu, id., Flood Tablet iii, 10. 25) — absolute טִיט Job 41:22 + 6 times; construct id. Micah 7:10 + 5 times; —
1. mud, mire of streets (always in simile of contempt, ignominious treatment) חוּצוֺת ט׳ Micah 7:10; Psalm 18:43 = 2 Samuel 22:43; Zechariah 9:3; Zechariah 10:5; of Jeremiah's dungeon Jeremiah 38:6 (twice in verse); of mire in which crocodile lies Job 41:22; cast up by sea Isaiah 57:20 (|| רֶפֶשׁ); of a bog (figurative of distress) Psalm 69:15 and הַיָּוֵן ט׳ Psalm 40:30.
2. poetic of potter's clay (|| חֹמֶר) Isaiah 41:25, brick-clay (|| id.) Nahum 3:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

22:43

Job

41:22; 41:22

Psalms

18:43; 69:15

Isaiah

41:25; 57:20

Jeremiah

38:6

Micah

7:10; 7:10

Nahum

3:14

Zechariah

9:3; 10:5

H2916

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2916 matches the Hebrew טִיט (ṭîṭ),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:43 - I beat them fine as the dust of the earth;
I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30 - His underparts are like sharp potsherds;
he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42 - I beat them fine as dust before the wind;
I cast them out like the mire of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 - He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:14 - Deliver me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
as the potter treads clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:20 - But the wicked are like the tossing sea;
for it cannot be quiet,
and its waters toss up mire and dirt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:10 - Then my enemy will see,
and shame will cover her who said to me,
“Where is the LORD your God?”
My eyes will look upon her;
now she will be trampled down
like the mire of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - Tyre has built herself a rampart
and heaped up silver like dust,
and fine gold like the mud of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:5 - They shall be like mighty men in battle,
trampling the foe in the mud of the streets;
they shall fight because the LORD is with them,
and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.
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