שָׂטָהsâṭâh

turn aside

Pronunciation: saw-taw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7847

Meanings

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 5:12 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Suppose a man’s wife goes astray, and she is unfaithful to her husband
  • Numbers 5:19 The priest will then put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has had sex with you, and you have not gone astray and defiled yourself while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune from the effects of this bitter water that brings on the curse.
  • Numbers 5:20 But if you have gone astray by being unfaithful to your husband, and have defiled yourself by having sex with another man—’
  • Numbers 5:29 “This is the ritual law for dealing with suspicion. If a woman goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
  • Proverbs 4:15 Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way. Turn away and keep moving.
  • Proverbs 7:25 Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her. Don’t wander down her wayward path.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).