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שִׁית shit

Hebrew word for “to set” · Strong’s H7896 · used 83 times in 80 verses

Old Testament13 booksMost often in Psalms (30)

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Meaning

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

Senses in the lexicon

to set: make (49)
to set: put (21)
to set: consider (7)
to set: appoint (5)
to set: accuse (1)

How it is translated

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

set 14
will make 11
put 9
will set 7
make 5
will put 4
have made 3
have put 3
made 2
will be imposed 2
placed 2
may put 2

Where it is used

Book	Uses	Per 1,000 words
Psalms	30	1.5
Genesis	8	0.4
Exodus	8	0.5
Job	8	1.0
Jeremiah	7	0.3
Isaiah	6	0.4
Proverbs	4	0.6
2 Samuel	3	0.3
Numbers	2	0.1
Ruth	2	1.5
1 Samuel	2	0.2
Hosea	2	0.8

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 21 (4), Genesis 48 (2), Exodus 21 (2), Exodus 23 (2), Job 38 (2), Psalms 73 (2), Psalms 83 (2), Psalms 84 (2), Psalms 88 (2), Genesis 3 (1)

Forms

אשׁית 9
ישׁית 7
וישׁת 6
תשׁית 5
שׁת 5
שׁתו 4
שׁתה 4
שׁתי 3
תשׁיתמו 3
תשׁת 3

Words used with it

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

Key verses

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

Genesis 3:15 — 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.
Exodus 23:1 — Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Exodus 23:31 — 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…
1 Samuel 2:8 — 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:…
Psalms 12:5 — 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.
Psalms 62:10 — Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Psalms 73:18 — Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Psalms 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Psalms 110:1 — [A Psalm of David.] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Isaiah 5:6 — And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain…
Jeremiah 3:19 — But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me,…
Jeremiah 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into…

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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.