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שׂוּם sum

Hebrew word for “to set” · Strong’s H7760 · used 585 times in 551 verses

Old Testament37 booksMost often in Isaiah (54)

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Meaning

: make/establish; 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make;

Senses in the lexicon

to set: make (273)
to set: put (239)
to set: consider (29)
to set: appoint (26)
to set: take (9)
to set: name (5)
to set: accuse (3)
fate (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for sum in context, with how often each is used:

put 130
set 55
will make 54
will put 48
made 30
will set 21
make 17
appointed 15
have put 12
have made 12
placed 10
will appoint 10

Where it is used

Book	Uses	Per 1,000 words
Isaiah	54	3.2
Exodus	50	3.0
Genesis	47	2.3
Ezekiel	41	2.2
Job	40	4.8
Jeremiah	37	1.7
Psalms	36	1.8
1 Samuel	35	2.6
1 Kings	26	2.0
2 Kings	26	2.1
Deuteronomy	24	1.7
Judges	21	2.1

Also in 25 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 40 (12), Ezekiel 21 (6), Numbers 4 (5), 1 Kings 20 (5), 2 Kings 10 (5), Isaiah 41 (5), Isaiah 42 (5), Genesis 24 (4), Joshua 8 (4), Judges 9 (4)

Forms

וישׂם 90
שׂם 39
וישׂימו 33
שׂים 27
ושׂמתי 26
לשׂום 25
ושׂמת 21
אשׂים 21
ישׂים 20
שׂמו 18

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sum more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

Key verses

The verses using sum that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

Exodus 15:26 — And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his…
Exodus 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of…
Deuteronomy 12:5 — But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou…
Deuteronomy 27:15 — Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret…
Isaiah 10:6 — I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to…
Isaiah 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked…
Isaiah 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to…
Isaiah 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his…
Isaiah 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;…
Isaiah 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and…
Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
Hosea 11:8 — How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned…

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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.