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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 86 times in 80 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 3:15–Psa 83:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:25 - And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, "God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - Jacob removed these lambs, but he made the rest of the flock face the streaked and completely dark-colored animals in Laban's flock. So he made separate flocks for himself and did not mix them with Laban's flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - "So now Pharaoh should look for a wise and discerning man and give him authority over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4 - I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim's head, although he was the younger. Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh's head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him. So he took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not pay any attention to this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:1 - The LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order to display these signs of mine before him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:22 - "If men fight and hit a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no serious injury, he will surely be punished in accordance with what the woman's husband demands of him, and he will pay what the court decides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:30 - If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - "You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 - When the people heard this troubling word they mourned; no one put on his ornaments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - So Aaron said to Moses, "O my lord, please do not hold this sin against us, in which we have acted foolishly and have sinned!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at the other times to seek for omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 - Then he said, "Hold out the shawl you are wearing and grip it tightly." As she held it tightly, he measured out about sixty pounds of barley into the shawl and put it on her shoulders. Then he went into town,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:16 - Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD, and he has placed the world on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:20 - As she was dying, the women who were there with her said, "Don't be afraid! You have given birth to a son!" But she did not reply or pay any attention.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - Her brother Absalom said to her, "Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don't take it so seriously!" Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28 - After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! What further claim do I have to ask the king for anything?"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:34 - I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - "O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:24 - and throw your gold in the dust - your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines -

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - "But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - when I said, 'To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined'?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36 - Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:6 - I am not afraid of the multitude of people who attack me from all directions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:6 - you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:20 - Terrify them, LORD! Let the nations know they are mere mortals! (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - "Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the LORD. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:2 - How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:11 - They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:3 - For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:6 - For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:12 - For you make them retreat when you shoot your arrows at them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:16 - Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:13 - Consider its defenses! Walk through its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:10 - Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:18 - Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 - But as for me, God's presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign LORD my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:11 - Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:13 - O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!

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