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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 BoxDeu 13:6 - “Suppose someone secretly entices you—even your brother, your son or daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend—and says, ‘Let us go 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 - When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What’s the matter?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What’s the matter?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then let him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the LORD. For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the LORD’s people, and they have said, ‘Go, worship pagan gods.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 - Once again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the LORD told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25 - (No one else so completely sold himself to what was evil in the LORD’s sight as Ahab did under the influence of his wife Jezebel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 - Then I will arrange to take you to another land like this one—a land of grain and new wine, bread and vineyards, olive groves and honey. Choose life instead of death!
“Don’t listen to Hezekiah when he tries to mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will rescue us!’

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - A few years later he went to Samaria to visit Ahab, who prepared a great banquet for him and his officials. They butchered great numbers of sheep, goats, and cattle for the feast. Then Ahab enticed Jehoshaphat to join forces with him to recover Ramoth-gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31 - So when the Aramean chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat in his royal robes, they went after him. “There is the king of Israel!” they shouted. But Jehoshaphat called out, and the LORD saved him. God helped him by turning the attackers away from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - Hezekiah has said, ‘The LORD our God will rescue us from the king of Assyria.’ Surely Hezekiah is misleading you, sentencing you to death by famine and thirst!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you! Don’t let him fool you like this! I say it again—no god of any nation or kingdom has ever yet been able to rescue his people from me or my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my power!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - Then the LORD asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil. And he has maintained his integrity, even though you urged me to harm him without cause.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16 - “God is leading you away from danger, Job,
to a place free from distress.
He is setting your table with the best food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 - But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth.[fn]
Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:18 - “Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will rescue us!’ Have the gods of any other nations ever saved their people from the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - All the women left in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the Babylonian army. Then the women will taunt you, saying,
‘What fine friends you have!
They have betrayed and misled you.
When your feet sank in the mud,
they left you to your fate!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:3 - Baruch son of Neriah has convinced you to say this, because he wants us to stay here and be killed by the Babylonians[fn] or be carried off into exile.”
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