Strong's Lexicon

H7751

H7751 — שׁוּט

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshuwtverb-stemOccurrences: 13TWOT: 2344

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7751
Word:שׁוּט
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:13
Transliteration:shuwt
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shoot
Meaning:1. (properly) to push forth 2. (but used only figuratively) to lash (the sea with oars), to row 3. (by implication) to travel
KJV Renderings:go (about, through, to and fro), mariner, rower, run to and fro.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8535

I. שׁוּט verb go or rove about (Late Hebrew, Aramaic שׁוּט rove, row (Jonah 1:13), swim (Isa 25:11), stroke, besmear; see also שׁוֺט ); —

Qal go or rove about: Perfect 3 plural, absolute שָׁטוּ הָעָם Num 11:8 ( J ; gathering manna), so, with ב location, Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיָּשֻׁטוּ 2Sam 24:8, Imperative masculine singular שׁוּטנָֿא 2Sam 24:2, Infinitive construct שׁוּט Job 1:7, שֻׁט Job 2:2 (both || הִתְהַלֵךְ), perhaps also Gen 24:63 (לָשׁוּט for לָשׁוּחַ, so ᵑ6 Thes1322 compare Di Gunk Dr); Jer 8:6 Du reads שָׁט for שָׁב. — Participle שָׁטִים see שׁוּט denominative below
>Po`l. go eagerly, quickly, to and fro: Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְשׁוֺטְטוּ לְבַקֵּשׁ Amos 8:12 (|| וְנָעוּ); absolute יְשֹׁטְטוּ Dan 12:4 with ב location, Imperative masculine plural שׁוֺטְטוּ Jer 5:1, Participle plural מְשׁוֺטְטִים Zech 4:10, מְשֹׁטְטוֺת 2Chr 16:9 (both of ׳ עֵינֵי י).
Hithpo`lel Imperative feminine plural, ב location, הִתְשׁוֺטַטְנָת Jer 49:3 run to and fro.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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