Lexicon :: Strong's H7896 - šîṯ

“And I will put enmity (open hostility)

Between you and the woman,

And between your seed (offspring) and her [fn]Seed;

He shall [fatally] bruise your head,

And you shall [only] bruise His heel.”

Adam knew [Eve as] his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for [she said], “God has granted another child for me in place of Abel, because Cain killed him.”

When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him [because he was not the firstborn]; and he grasped his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants [making them determined and unresponsive], so that I may exhibit My signs [of divine power] [fn]among them,

“If men fight with each other and injure a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely [and the baby lives], yet there is no further injury, the one who hurt her must be punished with a fine [paid] to the woman’s husband, as much as the judges decide.

“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].

When the people heard this sad word, they mourned, and none of them put on his ornaments.

When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as he had done each time before [superstitiously] to seek omens and signs [in the natural world], but he set his face toward the wilderness (desert).

“He raises up the poor from the dust,

He lifts up the needy from the ash heap

To make them sit with nobles,

And inherit a seat of honor and glory;

For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S,

And He set the land on them.

So her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? But now keep silent, my sister; he is your brother; [fn]do not take this matter to heart.” So Tamar remained secluded in her brother Absalom’s house.

“He made darkness [fn]canopies around Him,

A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

“What is man that You [should] magnify him [and think him important]?

And that You are concerned about him?

“There is no arbitrator between us,

Who could lay his hand upon us both [would that there were].

“Would He not let my few days alone,

Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,

That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!

And place your gold in the dust,

And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks [considering it of little value],

“But now those younger than I mock and laugh at me,

Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.

And said, ‘This far you shall come, but no farther;

And here your proud waves shall stop’?

“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being [of man, or in the layers of clouds]

Or given understanding to the mind [of man, or to the heavenly display]?

I will not be intimidated or afraid of the ten thousands

Who have set themselves against me all around.

You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;

You have put all things under his feet,

Put them in [reverent] [fn]fear of You, O LORD,

So that the nations may know they are but [frail and mortal] men. Selah.

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,

Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

How long must I take counsel in my soul,

Having sorrow in my heart day after day?

How long will my enemy exalt himself and triumph over me?

They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps;

They set their eyes to force us to the ground,

He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,

The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.

For You meet him with blessings of good things;

You set a crown of pure gold on his head.

For You make him most blessed [and a blessing] forever;

You make him joyful with the joy of Your presence.

You will make them as [if in] a blazing oven in the time of your anger;

The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath,

And the fire will devour them.

For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat];

You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.

In place of your fathers will be [fn]your sons;

You shall make princes in all the land.

Consider her ramparts,

Go through her palaces,

That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].

Do not trust in oppression,

And do not vainly hope in robbery;

If riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;

You cast them down to destruction.

But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God;

I have made the Lord GOD my refuge and placed my trust in Him,

That I may tell of all Your works.

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb

And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

O my God, make them like [fn]whirling dust,

Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].