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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 83 times in 80 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 3:15–Psa 83:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15 - And I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed, he shall [fn]watch against thy head, and thou shalt [fn]watch against his heel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:25 - And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - Now then, look out a wise and prudent man, and set him over the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4 - And I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I will bring thee up at the end; and Joseph shall put his hands on thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel having stretched out his right hand, laid it on the head of Ephraim, and he was the younger; and his left hand on the head of Manasse, guiding his hands crosswise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - And Joseph having seen that his father put his right hand on the head of Ephraim—it seemed grievous to him; and Joseph took hold of the hand of his father, to remove it from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:23 - And Pharao turned and entered into his house, nor did he fix his attention even on this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:1 - And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Go in to Pharao: for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that these signs may come upon them; in order

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:22 - And if two men strive and smite a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:30 - And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - And I will set thy borders from the Red Sea, to the sea of the Phylistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:4 - And the people having heard this [fn]grievous saying, mourned in mourning apparel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - And Aaron said to Moses, I beseech thee, my lord, do not lay sin upon us, for we were ignorant wherein we sinned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 - And he said to her, Bring the apron that is upon thee: and she held it, and he measured six measures of barley, and put them upon her, and she went into the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:16 - And Noemin took the child and laid it in her bosom, and became a nurse to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:20 - And in her time she was at the point of death; and the women that stood by her, said to her, Fear not, for thou hast born a son: but she answered not, and her heart did not regard it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - And Abessalom her brother said to her, Has thy brother Amnon been with thee? now then, my sister, be silent, for he is thy brother: be not careful to mention this matter. So Themar dwelt as a widow in the house of her brother Abessalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28 - (LXX 19:29) For all the house of my father were but as dead men before my lord the king; yet thou hast set thy servant among them that eat at thy table: and what right have I any longer even to cry to the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:34 - Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, (for I will certainly resist him all the days of his life,) for David my servant's sake, whom I have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:17 - For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? or that thou givest heed to him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - Would that he our mediator were present, and a reprover, and one who should hear the cause between both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:24 - Thou shalt lay up for thyself treasure in a heap on the rock; and Sophir shall be as the rock of the torrent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - But now the youngest have laughed me to scorn, now they reprove me in their turn, whose fathers I set at nought; whom I did not deem worthy to be with my shepherd dogs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36 - And who has given to women skill in weaving, or knowledge of embroidery?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:6 - (LXX 3:7) I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, who beset me round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:6 - (LXX 8:7) and thou hast set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:20 - (LXX 9:21) Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - (LXX 11:6) Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:2 - (LXX 12:3) How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:11 - (LXX 16:11) They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - (LXX 17:12) And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:3 - (LXX 20:4) For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness: thou hast set upon his head a crown of precious stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:6 - (LXX 20:7) For thou wilt give him a blessing for ever and ever: thou wilt gladden him with joy with thy countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - (LXX 20:10) Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven at the time of thy presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and fire shall devour them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:12 - (LXX 20:13) For thou shalt make them turn their back in thy latter end, thou wilt prepare their face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:16 - (LXX 44:17) Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:13 - (LXX 47:14) Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell the next generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:10 - (LXX 61:11) Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies: if wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:18 - (LXX 72:18) Surely thou hast appointed judgments to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 - (LXX 72:28) But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:11 - (LXX 82:12) Make their princes as Oreb and Zeb, and Zebee and Salmana; even all their princes:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:13 - (LXX 82:14) O my God, make them as a wheel; as stubble before the face of the wind.

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