טִיט tit
Hebrew word for “mud” · Strong’s H2916 · used 13 times in 12 verses
Meaning
1) mud, clay, mire, damp dirt; 1a) mud, mire; 1b) clay (poetical); Aramaic equivalent: tin (טִין "common" H2917)
How it is translated
Glosses given for tit in context, with how often each is used:
- mud 7
- like the mud 4
- clay 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Zechariah | 2 | 0.6 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 |
Chapters where it is used most
2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 40 (1), Psalms 69 (1), Isaiah 41 (1), Isaiah 57 (1), Jeremiah 38 (1), Micah 7 (1), Nahum 3 (1)
Forms
- כטיט 4
- טיט 3
- בטיט 3
- מטיט 2
- וטיט 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tit more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חוּץ chuts “outside” 5
- שָׁחַק shachaq “to beat” 2
- עָפָר aphar “dust” 3
- טָבַע tava “to sink” 2
- מַי mayim “water” 4
- חָרוּץ charuts “sharp” 2
- רָמַס ramas “to trample” 2
- מָצוֹר matsor “siege” 2
- חֹמֶר chomer “clay” 2
- בּוֹר bor “pit” 2
- הָ ha “her” 2
Key verses
The verses using tit that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Samuel 22:43 — Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
- Job 41:30 — Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
- Psalms 18:42 — Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
- Psalms 40:2 — He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
- Psalms 69:14 — Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
- Isaiah 41:25 — I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter,…
- Isaiah 57:20 — But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- Jeremiah 38:6 — Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with…
- Micah 7:10 — Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be…
- Nahum 3:14 — Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
- Zechariah 9:3 — And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
- Zechariah 10:5 — And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them,…
See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.