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Lexicon :: Strong's H5496 - sûṯ

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סוּת
Transliteration
sûṯ
Pronunciation
sooth
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps denominative from שַׁיִת (H7898)
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TWOT Reference: 1481

Strong’s Definitions

סוּת çûwth, sooth; perhaps denominative from H7898; properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce:—entice, move, persuade, provoke, remove, set on, stir up, take away.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H5496 in the following manner: persuade (5x), move (5x), set on (2x), stir up (2x), away (1x), entice (1x), provoked (1x), removed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H5496 in the following manner: persuade (5x), move (5x), set on (2x), stir up (2x), away (1x), entice (1x), provoked (1x), removed (1x).

  1. to incite, allure, instigate, entice

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to incite (to a request)

      2. to allure, lure

      3. to instigate (bad sense)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סוּת çûwth, sooth; perhaps denominative from H7898; properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce:—entice, move, persuade, provoke, remove, set on, stir up, take away.
STRONGS H5496: Abbreviations
† [סוּת] verb Hiph. incite, allure, instigate (Late Hebrew Hiph., id.); —
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הֱסִֽיתְךָ 1 Samuel 26:19, הֲסֵיתְךָ Job 36:16; 3rd person feminine singular הֵסַ֫תָּה 1 Kings 21:25 (Ges§ 72 w Köi. 460); 3 plural suffix הִסִּית֫וּךָ Jeremiah 38:22 (Ges§ 72 ee); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַסִּית 2 Kings 18:32 + 2 times, but also וַיָּ֫סֶת 2 Samuel 24:1; 1 Chronicles 21:1, suffix יְִֽֽֽסיתְךָ Deuteronomy 13:7; Job 36:18, etc.; Participle מַסִּית Jeremiah 43:3; 2 Chronicles 32:11; —
1.
a. incite to make a request (with accusative of person + infinitive) Judges 1:14 (on text see GFM) = Joshua 15:18.
b. allure מִמֶּנּוּ וַיְסִיתֵם 2 Chronicles 18:31 and God allured them away from him (si vera lectio; strike out clause as gloss Be Kit); so also Job 36:16 according to De Hi Bu and others; he allureth thee out of the mouth of distress, but Di Du freedom hath seduced thee; for meaning seduce, entice, compare also Job 36:18.
2. instigate, in bad sense, with accusative of person, + בְּ against, 1 Samuel 26:19; 2 Samuel 24:1; Jeremiah 43:3; Job 2:3; with accusative of person alone 1 Kings 21:25; 2 Kings 18:32 = Isaiah 36:18, compare 2 Chronicles 32:15; Deuteronomy 13:7; Jeremiah 38:22; + infinitive 1 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Chronicles 18:2; 32:11.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

13:7; 13:7

Joshua

15:18

Judges

1:14

1 Samuel

26:19; 26:19

2 Samuel

24:1; 24:1

1 Kings

21:25; 21:25

2 Kings

18:32; 18:32

1 Chronicles

21:1; 21:1

2 Chronicles

18:2; 18:31; 32:11; 32:11; 32:15

Job

2:3; 36:16; 36:16; 36:18; 36:18

Isaiah

36:18

Jeremiah

38:22; 38:22; 43:3; 43:3

H5496

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5496 matches the Hebrew סוּת (sûṯ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - Now let my lord the king listen to his servant’s words. If the LORD has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. If, however, people have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD! They have driven me today from my share in the LORD’s inheritance and have said, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 - Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25 - (There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by Jezebel his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 - until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life and not death! “Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:1 - Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - Some years later he went down to see Ahab in Samaria. Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to attack Ramoth Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31 - When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, “This is the king of Israel.” So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - When Hezekiah says, ‘The LORD our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,’ he is misleading you, to let you die of hunger and thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16 - “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 - Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:18 - “Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - All the women left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you: “ ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet are sunk in the mud; your friends have deserted you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:3 - But Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Babylonians,[fn] so they may kill us or carry us into exile to Babylon.”
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