שׂוּם sum

Hebrew word for “to set” · Strong’s H7761 · used 26 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

1) to set, make, appoint;

Senses in the lexicon

• to set: make (19)
• to set: put/give (6)
• to set: appoint (1)

How it is translated

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

• made 14
• make 2
• will be made 2
• did he make 2
• set 2
• being set 1
• have set 1
• has set 1
• had made 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 5 (6), Ezra 6 (5), Daniel 6 (4), Daniel 3 (3), Ezra 4 (2), Ezra 7 (2), Daniel 2 (1), Daniel 4 (1), Daniel 5 (1)

Forms

• שׂים 9
• שׂם 8
• שׂמת 2
• שׂימו 1
• יתשׂם 1
• מתשׂם 1
• יתשׂמון 1
• שׂמו 1
• ושׂמת 1
• שׂמה 1

Words used with it

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

• טְעֵם teem “command” 19
• דִּי di “that” 21
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 17
• בַּיִת bayit “house” 13
• מִן־ min “from” 12
• אֱלָהּ elah “god” 11
• בְּנָה benah “to build” 8
• עֲבַד avad “to make” 8
• עַל al “since” 9
• לָא la “not” 8
• כֹּל kol “all” 8
• דֵּךְ dekh “this” 6

Key verses

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

• Ezra 5:8 — Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in…
• Ezra 5:14 — And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the…
• Ezra 6:1 — Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
• Ezra 6:3 — In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where…
• Ezra 6:8 — Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute…
• Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which…
• Daniel 3:10 — Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of…
• Daniel 3:12 — There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded…
• Daniel 3:29 — Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be…
• Daniel 5:12 — Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found…
• Daniel 6:13 — Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that…
• Daniel 6:26 — I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his…

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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.