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שָׁטַח H7849
H7849 is the Hebrew word שָׁטַח, transliterated shâṭach and said shaw-takh'. The King James Version most often renders it spread.
What it means
to expand.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 6 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: all abroad, enlarge, spread, stretch out.
Verses using שָׁטַח
All 5 verses, quoted in full.
Numbers 11:32 · KJV
And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
2 Samuel 17:19 · KJV
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
Job 12:23 · KJV
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Psalm 88:9 · KJV
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Jeremiah 8:2 · KJV
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7849 mean?
H7849 is the Hebrew word שָׁטַח (shâṭach), meaning to expand.
How is H7849 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it spread (3 times), abroad (1 time), enlargeth (1 time), stretched out (1 time).
How many times does H7849 appear in the Bible?
שָׁטַח (shâṭach) is tagged in 5 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7849 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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