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Lexicon :: Strong's H7896 - šîṯ

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שִׁית
Transliteration
šîṯ
Pronunciation
sheeth
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2380

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁית shîyth, sheeth; a primitive root; to place (in a very wide application):—apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, × look, make, mark, put (on), regard, set, shew, be stayed, × take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 85x

The KJV translates Strong's H7896 in the following manner: set (23x), made (19x), lay (13x), put (11x), appoint (3x), regard (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 85x
The KJV translates Strong's H7896 in the following manner: set (23x), made (19x), lay (13x), put (11x), appoint (3x), regard (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

  1. to put, set

    1. (Qal)

      1. to put, lay (hand upon)

      2. to set, station, appoint, fix, set mind to

      3. to constitute, make (one something), make like, perform

      4. to take one's stand

      5. to lay waste

    2. (Hophal) to be imposed, be set upon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁית shîyth, sheeth; a primitive root; to place (in a very wide application):—apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, × look, make, mark, put (on), regard, set, shew, be stayed, × take.
STRONGS H7896: Abbreviations
† שִׁית verb put, set (NöBeitr. z. Semitic Sprachwiss, 39 f.; compare Phoenician שת Lzb375; Ecclus שית Passive participle Ecclesiasticus 31:27 (?); see also (Nöl.c. 41) Syriac bdb101101 quality, appearance); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שָׁת Genesis 4:25 +, 3rd person feminine singular שָׁ֫תָה 1 Samuel 4:20 +, 2nd person masculine singular שַׁ֫תָּה Psalm 8:7 שַׁ֫תָּ Psalm 90:8, suffix שַׁתַּ֫נִי Psalm 88:7; Psalm 88:9, 1st person singular שַׁ֫תִּי Psalm 73:28 +; 3rd person plural שָׁ֫תוּ Exodus 33:4 + 3 times, metaplastic יָשִׁית Psalm 49:15; Psalm 73:9 (other forms not found); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשִׁית Exodus 21:22 +, jussive יָשֵׁת Job 9:33, וַיָּ֫שֶׁת Genesis 30:40 +; 3rd person feminine singular suffix וַתְּשִׁתֵ֫חוּ Ruth 4:16, תְּשִׁיתֵ֫מוֺ Psalm 21:10 +, 1st person singular suffix אֲשִׁתֶ֫נּוּ 1 Kings 11:34; Imperative masculine singular שִׁית Proverbs 27:23, שִׁיתָ֫ה Psalm 9:21 [Psalm 9:20]; Psalm 141:3; feminine singular שִׁ֫תִי Jeremiah 31:21, etc.; Infinitive absolute שֹׁת Isaiah 22:7; construct שִׁית Job 30:1 +; Passive participle וְשִׁית (Jeremiah 13:16 Qr, but read Kt יָשִׁית); suffix שִׁתִי Exodus 10:1; —
1. put, lay hand upon, עַל, Genesis 46:4 (E), Genesis 48:14, 17 (J), Job 9:33; Psalm 139:5; with עִם in evil partnership, Exodus 23:1 (E); put ornaments, עַל person, Exodus 33:4 (J); compare 1 Samuel 2:8; Isaiah 15:9; Job 22:24; Ruth 3:15; lay child into (ב) bosom Ruth 4:16; put wisdom, ב location, Job 38:36, compare Proverbs 26:24; אָשִׁית עֵצוֺת בְּנַפְשִׁי Psalm 13:3, i.e. take counsel, plan; סַחְסִי בי׳ Psalm 73:28; put things תַּחַת רַגְלָיו Psalm 8:7; lay (penalty) עַל person Exodus 21:22 (E), sin Numbers 12:11 (E), compare (with אֲשֶׁר = where) Psalm 84:4; nearly = give (נתן), accusative + ל person Genesis 4:25 (J; explanation of name שֵׁת), appoint Psalm 9:21 [Psalm 9:20].
2.
a. set, station, sheep לְבַדּוֺ Genesis 30:40, compare לֹא שָׁתָם עַל Genesis 30:40 (J); accusative of person = appoint (עַל over) Genesis 41:33 (E); set לָמוֺ person (ל 3b) + ב location Psalm 73:18, so (accusative) Psalm 88:7 and (object person omitted) Psalm 12:6, set crown לְראֹשׁוֺ Psalm 21:4, set one (מִן partitive) לְכִסֵּא Psalm 132:11; set person among (ב person) 2 Samuel 19:29; Jeremiah 3:19, compare (עִם) Job 30:1; set watch לְפִי Psalm 141:3, snares לִי Psalm 140:6, enmity, בֵּין person Genesis 3:15 (J); iniquities לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 90:8, compare Psalm 101:3; set, direct face, אֶל location Numbers 24:1 (J), eyes לִנְטוֺת בָּאָרָץ Psalm 17:11.
b. in phrase לֵב לְ שׁ׳ set one's mind to, give heed, attention (compare שׂוּם 2b), Exodus 7:23 (E), 2 Samuel 13:20; Jeremiah 31:21; Psalm 48:14; Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 27:23, with אֶל Job 7:17, absolute 1 Samuel 4:20; Psalm 62:11; Proverbs 24:32 I reflected.
c. set, fix, נְּבוּל Exodus 23:31 (E; with מִן ֗֗֗ עַד), תָּשִׁית לִי חֹק Job 14:13 wouldst fix me a limit, Job 38:11 (וּפאֹ יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֺן גַּלָּיךָ De and others here shall one fix it [the boundary, חֹק, Job 38:10] = it shall be fixed against, etc.: but explanation very forced: Me Kau יִשָּׁבֵר ג׳, Bi Bu יִשְׁבֹּת ג׳
3. constitute, make one something, 2 accusative, 1 Kings 11:34 I will make him prince, Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 26:1; Jeremiah 22:6; Psalm 21:7; Psalm 84:7; Psalm 88:9)+ למוֺ indirect object), Psalm 110:1; 2 Samuel 22:12 || Psalm 18:12; תְּשִׁיתֵמוֺ שֶׁ֑כֶם Psalm 21:13 = thou wilt make them (all) shoulder, make them turn their back, flee (compare Psalm 18:41); accusative + ל make something into Jeremiah 2:15 = Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 13:16; Psalm 45:17)+ ב location); accusative + כ compare make one like Hosea 2:5 (|| שִׂים), Isaiah 16:3; Psalm 21:10; Psalm 83:12; Psalm 83:14; accusative only, make, prepare, feast Jeremiah 51:39, compare שָׁת קָצִיר לָח Hosea 6:11 (read possibly שִׁית, passive participle), make darkness Psalm 104:20; = perform signs, ב location Exodus 10:1 (J).
4. internally transitive, = take one's stand (compare שִׂים 4a) הַשָּׁ֑עְרָה שָׁתוּ שֹׁת הַפָּרָשִׁים Isaiah 22:7; with עַליֿ׳ (against) Psalm 3:7. — יָשִׁית מִמֶּנִּי Job 10:20 (Kt; > Qr Imperative וְשִׁית) is dubious, יָשִׁית = יָשֵׁת : De direct (attention) away from me, compare Di (ellipsis of יָד, פָּנִים, or לֵב), Du (sc. יָד; reads Imperative); Lag (so Bu) proposes יִשְׁבֹּת, Siegf (יָדוֺ) יָוֵב, Greek Version of the LXX Beer (best) שְׁעֵה (Job 7:19), with יְמֵי חֶלְדִּי (Greek Version of the LXX Bu Be Du) for יָמַי יחדל probably rightly.
Hoph. (or Qal passive Ges§ 53 u), Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יוּשַׁת Exodus 21:30 (E) if a ransom be imposed עָלָיו, Exodus 21:30.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:15; 4:25; 4:25; 30:40; 30:40; 30:40; 41:33; 46:4; 48:14; 48:17

Exodus

7:23; 10:1; 10:1; 21:22; 21:22; 21:30; 21:30; 23:1; 23:31; 33:4; 33:4

Numbers

12:11; 24:1

Ruth

3:15; 4:16; 4:16

1 Samuel

2:8; 4:20; 4:20

2 Samuel

13:20; 19:29; 22:12

1 Kings

11:34; 11:34

Job

7:17; 7:19; 9:33; 9:33; 10:20; 14:13; 22:24; 30:1; 30:1; 38:10; 38:11; 38:36

Psalms

3:7; 8:7; 8:7; 9:20; 9:20; 12:6; 13:3; 17:11; 18:12; 18:41; 21:4; 21:7; 21:10; 21:10; 21:13; 45:17; 48:14; 49:15; 62:11; 73:9; 73:18; 73:28; 73:28; 83:12; 83:14; 84:4; 84:7; 88:7; 88:7; 88:9; 88:9; 90:8; 90:8; 101:3; 104:20; 110:1; 132:11; 139:5; 140:6; 141:3; 141:3

Proverbs

22:17; 24:32; 26:24; 27:23; 27:23

Isaiah

5:6; 15:9; 16:3; 22:7; 22:7; 26:1

Jeremiah

2:15; 3:19; 13:16; 13:16; 22:6; 31:21; 31:21; 50:3; 51:39

Hosea

2:5; 6:11

H7896

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Strong's Number H7896 matches the Hebrew שִׁית (šîṯ),
which occurs 30 times in 30 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:6 - I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set H7896 themselves against me round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:6 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put H7896 all things under his feet:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:20 - Put H7896 them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set H7896 him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:2 - How long shall I take H7896 counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:11 - They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set H7896 their eyes bowing down to the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made H7896 darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:3 - For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest H7896 a crown of pure gold on his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:6 - For thou hast made H7896 him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - Thou shalt make H7896 them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:12 - Therefore shalt thou make H7896 them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:16 - Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make H7896 princes in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:13 - Mark H7896 ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:10 - Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set H7896 not your heart upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:18 - Surely thou didst set H7896 them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 - But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put H7896 my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:11 - Make H7896 their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:13 - O my God, make H7896 them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:3 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay H7896 her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:6 - Who passing through the valley of Baca make H7896 it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:6 - Thou hast laid H7896 me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:8 - Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made H7896 me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8 - Thou hast set H7896 our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:3 - I will set H7896 no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - Thou makest H7896 darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:1 - [[A Psalm of David.]] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make H7896 thine enemies thy footstool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 - The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set H7896 upon thy throne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5 - Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid H7896 thine hand upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set H7896 gins for me. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:3 - Set H7896 a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
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