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שִׁית H7896

H7896 is the Hebrew word שִׁית, transliterated shîyth and said sheeth. The King James Version most often renders it set.

Word: שִׁיתTransliteration: shîythSaid: sheethLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 79 verses

What it means

to place (in a very wide application).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 52 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

set 17×make 9×put 8×laid 5×made 3×lay 2×alone 2×hast made 2×said she hath appointed 1×themselves and put 1×neither did he set 1×might shew 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.

Verses using שִׁית

The first 40 of 79 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 3:15 · KJV

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Genesis 4:25 · KJV

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Genesis 30:40 · KJV

And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.

Genesis 41:33 · KJV

Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

Genesis 46:4 · KJV

I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

Genesis 48:14 · KJV

And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Genesis 48:17 · KJV

And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.

Exodus 7:23 · KJV

And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.

Exodus 10:1 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:

Exodus 21:22 · KJV

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Exodus 21:30 · KJV

If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

Exodus 23:1 · KJV

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Exodus 23:31 · KJV

And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

Exodus 33:4 · KJV

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

Numbers 12:11 · KJV

And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.

Numbers 24:1 · KJV

And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Ruth 3:15 · KJV

Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

Ruth 4:16 · KJV

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

1 Samuel 2:8 · KJV

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

1 Samuel 4:20 · KJV

And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

2 Samuel 13:20 · KJV

And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

2 Samuel 19:28 · KJV

For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

2 Samuel 22:12 · KJV

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

1 Kings 11:34 · KJV

Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:

Job 7:17 · KJV

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

Job 9:33 · KJV

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Job 10:20 · KJV

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

Job 14:13 · KJV

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Job 22:24 · KJV

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

Job 30:1 · KJV

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

Job 38:36 · KJV

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Psalm 3:6 · KJV

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Psalm 8:6 · KJV

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

Psalm 9:20 · KJV

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Psalm 12:5 · KJV

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

Psalm 13:2 · KJV

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Psalm 17:11 · KJV

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

Psalm 18:11 · KJV

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Psalm 21:3 · KJV

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

Psalm 21:6 · KJV

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7896 mean?

H7896 is the Hebrew word שִׁית (shîyth), meaning to place (in a very wide application).

How is H7896 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it set (17 times), make (9 times), put (8 times), laid (5 times), made (3 times), among others.

How many times does H7896 appear in the Bible?

שִׁית (shîyth) is tagged in 79 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7896 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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