שׁוֹט shot
Hebrew word for “whip” · Strong’s H7752 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
1) scourge, whip; 1a) scourge (for chastisement); 1a1) of national judgment (fig); 1b) whip (for horse)
How it is translated
Glosses given for shot in context, with how often each is used:
- whips 4
- whip 4
- scourge 3
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 12 (2), 2 Chronicles 10 (2), Isaiah 28 (2), Job 5 (1), Job 9 (1), Proverbs 26 (1), Isaiah 10 (1), Nahum 3 (1)
Forms
- שׁוט 6
- בשׁוטים 4
- בשׁוט 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shot more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עַקְרָב aqrav “scorpion” 4
- עֹל ol “yoke” 4
- יָסַר yasar “to discipline” 4
- יָסַף yasaph “to add” 4
- עָמַס amas “to lift” 2
- אֲנִי ani “I” 4
- שָׁטַף shataph “to overflow” 2
- כָּבֵד kaved “heavy” 2
- אָב av “father” 4
- שְׁאוֹל sheol “hell” 2
- יֶלֶד yeled “youth” 2
- עֵצָה etsah “counsel” 2
Key verses
The verses using shot that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Kings 12:11 — And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with…
- 1 Kings 12:14 — And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with…
- 2 Chronicles 10:11 — For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
- 2 Chronicles 10:14 — And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I…
- Job 5:21 — Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
- Job 9:23 — If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
- Proverbs 26:3 — A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
- Isaiah 10:26 — And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he…
- Isaiah 28:15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come…
- Isaiah 28:18 — And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall…
- Nahum 3:2 — The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
See all 11 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.