שׁוּט

hebrewOld TestamentVerb13 occurrences9 books13 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel
Traditional renderings: go (about, through, to and fro), mariner, rower, run to and fro.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שׁוּט:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

13 total
  1. Numbers 11:8שָׁטוּ֩ · walked around
    The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.
  2. 2 Samuel 24:2שֽׁוּט־ · Go
    So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
  3. 2 Samuel 24:8וַיָּשֻׁ֖טוּ · having gone
    At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.
  4. 2 Chronicles 16:9מְשֹׁטְט֤וֹת · roam to and fro
    For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
  5. Job 1:7מִשּׁ֣וּט · From roaming
    “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
  6. Job 2:2מִשֻּׁ֣ט · From roaming
    “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
  7. Jeremiah 5:1שׁוֹטְט֞וּ · Go up and down
    “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
  8. Jeremiah 49:3וְהִתְשׁוֹטַ֖טְנָה · run back and forth
    Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
  9. Ezekiel 27:8שָׁטִ֖ים · your oarsmen
    The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.
  10. Ezekiel 27:26הַשָּׁטִ֖ים · Your oarsmen
    Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
  11. Daniel 12:4יְשֹׁטְט֥וּ · will roam to and fro
    But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
  12. Amos 8:12יְשֽׁוֹטְט֛וּ · and roam
    People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
  13. Zechariah 4:10מְשׁוֹטְטִ֖ים · scan
    For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”