שִׁיתshîyth
put, set
Pronunciation: sheeth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7896
Meanings
Qal: construct (Genesis 4:25; 1 Samuel 4:20; Psalms 8:7)
1. put, lay (Genesis 46:4; Genesis 48:14; Genesis 48:17)
2.
a. set, station (Genesis 30:40; Genesis 41:33; Psalms 73:18)
b. set one's mind to, give heed, attention (compare שׂוּם 2.b.) (Exodus 7:23; 2 Samuel 13:20; Jeremiah 31:21)
c. set, fix (Exodus 23:31; Job 14:13; Job 38:11)
3. constitute, make (1 Kings 11:34; Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 26:1)
4. internally transitive, = take one's stand (compare שִׂים 4.a.) (Isaiah 22:7; Psalms 3:7; Job 10:20)
Hoph`al: be imposed (Exodus 21:30)
Same root
- שִׁיתshîyth · H7897a dress (as put on)
- שַׁיִתshayith · H7898scrub or trash, i.e. wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field)
- שֵׁתShêth · H8352Sheth, third son of Adam
- שָׁתָהshâthâh · H8356a basis, i.e. (figuratively) political or moral support
- שֵׁתָהshêthâh · H8357the seat (of the person)
- שְׁתִיshᵉthîy · H8359a fixture, i.e. the warp in weaving
Where it appears
Appears 83 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 3:15 And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Genesis 4:25 Adam had sexual relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth, for she said, “God has granted me another son in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
- Genesis 30:40 Jacob separated those lambs from Laban’s flock. And at mating time he turned the flock to face Laban’s animals that were streaked or black. This is how he built his own flock instead of increasing Laban’s.
- Genesis 41:33 “Therefore, Pharaoh should find an intelligent and wise man and put him in charge of the entire land of Egypt.
- Genesis 46:4 I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. You will die in Egypt, but Joseph will be with you to close your eyes.”
- Genesis 48:14 But Jacob crossed his arms as he reached out to lay his hands on the boys’ heads. He put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, though he was the younger boy, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, though he was the firstborn.
See every passage
- Genesis 3:15, 4:25, 30:40, 41:33, 46:4, 48:14, 48:17
- Exodus 7:23, 10:1, 21:22, 21:30, 23:1, 23:31, 33:4
- Numbers 12:11, 24:1
- Ruth 3:15, 4:16
- 1 Samuel 2:8, 4:20
- 2 Samuel 13:20, 19:28, 22:12
- 1 Kings 11:34
- Job 7:17, 9:33, 10:20, 14:13, 22:24, 30:1, 38:11, 38:36
- Psalms 3:6, 8:6, 9:20, 12:5, 13:2, 17:11, 18:11, 21:3, 21:6, 21:9, 21:12, 45:16, 48:13, 62:10, 73:18, 73:28, 83:11, 83:13, 84:3, 84:6, 88:6, 88:8, 90:8, 101:3, 104:20, 110:1, 132:11, 139:5, 140:5, 141:3
- Proverbs 22:17, 24:32, 26:24, 27:23
- Isaiah 5:6, 15:9, 16:3, 22:7, 26:1
- Jeremiah 2:15, 3:19, 13:16, 22:6, 31:21, 50:3, 51:39
- Hosea 2:3, 6:11
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).