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Strong's H7896 שִׁית (shith)

Shith means “apply” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7896
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 80
Books 13

Strong's H7896 Quick Answer

Strong's H7896 שִׁיתּ (shiyth) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shiyth (sheeth) v. 1. to place (in a very wide application) [a primitive root] It has 80 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include her, lay, will, let, and she. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shiyth (sheeth) v. 1. to place (in a very wide application) [a primitive root]
Usage
80 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
her, lay, will, let, and she

Meaning and Definition

shiyth (sheeth) v. 1. to place (in a very wide application) [a primitive root] KJV: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take.

Original Word
שִׁיתּ
Transliteration
shiyth
Derivation
Root: שׁית
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7896. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to set: make

Usage: : make/establish 1) to put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, lay (hand upon) 1a2) to set, station, appoint, fix, set mind to 1a3) to constitute, make (one something), make like, perform 1a4) to take one's stand 1a5) to lay waste 1b) (Hophal) to be imposed, be set upon

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How Strong's H7896 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shiyth, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

her Exodus 21:22 lay Numbers 12:11 appoint Job 14:13 let Genesis 41:33 she Ruth 3:15 will Genesis 3:15 apply Proverbs 22:17 appointed Genesis 4:25 array Isaiah 22:7 bring Isaiah 15:9 considered Proverbs 24:32 layeth Proverbs 26:24 place Psalms 18:11 put Genesis 30:40

How Strong's H7896 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 80 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7896 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7896 in the Old Testament

80 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 3:15 KJV

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.

Genesis 4:25 KJV

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Genesis 30:40 KJV

And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.

Usage Excerpts

First 80 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7896.

Genesis 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 4:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 30:40 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
Genesis 41:33 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Genesis 46:4 Old Testament, KJV
I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
Genesis 48:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
Genesis 48:17 Old Testament, KJV
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
Exodus 7:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
Exodus 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
Exodus 21:22 Old Testament, KJV
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Exodus 21:30 Old Testament, KJV
If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
Exodus 23:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Exodus 23:31 Old Testament, KJV
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 land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Exodus 33:4 Old Testament, KJV
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
Numbers 12:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
Numbers 24:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Ruth 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.
Ruth 4:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
1 Samuel 2:8 Old Testament, KJV
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: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.
1 Samuel 4:20 Old Testament, KJV
And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
2 Samuel 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
2 Samuel 19:28 Old Testament, KJV
For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
2 Samuel 22:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
1 Kings 11:34 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
Job 7:17 Old Testament, KJV
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
Job 9:33 Old Testament, KJV
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Job 10:20 Old Testament, KJV
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Job 14:13 Old Testament, KJV
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Job 22:24 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Job 30:1 Old Testament, KJV
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Job 38:11 Old Testament, KJV
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Job 38:36 Old Testament, KJV
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Psalms 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
Psalms 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
Psalms 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
Psalms 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
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 13:2 Old Testament, KJV
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Psalms 17:11 Old Testament, KJV
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Psalms 18:11 Old Testament, KJV
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms 21:3 Old Testament, KJV
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalms 21:6 Old Testament, KJV
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
Psalms 21:9 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Psalms 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
Psalms 45:16 Old Testament, KJV
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
Psalms 48:13 Old Testament, KJV
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
Psalms 62:10 Old Testament, KJV
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Psalms 73:18 Old Testament, KJV
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Psalms 73:28 Old Testament, KJV
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Psalms 83:11 Old Testament, KJV
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Psalms 83:13 Old Testament, KJV
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
Psalms 84:3 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
Psalms 84:6 Old Testament, KJV
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
Psalms 88:6 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Psalms 88:8 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Psalms 90:8 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Psalms 101:3 Old Testament, KJV
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 104:20 Old Testament, KJV
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Psalms 110:1 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Psalms 132:11 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
Psalms 139:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Psalms 140:5 Old Testament, KJV
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Psalms 141:3 Old Testament, KJV
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Proverbs 22:17 Old Testament, KJV
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Proverbs 24:32 Old Testament, KJV
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Proverbs 26:24 Old Testament, KJV
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Proverbs 27:23 Old Testament, KJV
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Isaiah 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
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 upon it.
Isaiah 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
Isaiah 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
Isaiah 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
Isaiah 26:1 Old Testament, KJV
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Jeremiah 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
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, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
Jeremiah 13:16 Old Testament, KJV
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 the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Jeremiah 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
Jeremiah 31:21 Old Testament, KJV
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
Jeremiah 50:3 Old Testament, KJV
For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
Jeremiah 51:39 Old Testament, KJV
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
Hosea 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
Hosea 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7896, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 7 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 8 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 30 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7896 FAQ

What does shith (שִׁית) mean?

Shith (Strong's H7896) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "apply". shiyth (sheeth) v. 1. to place (in a very wide application) [a primitive root]

How many times is shith (שִׁית) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 80 linked usages for Strong's H7896 across 13 books.

Where can I study shith (שִׁית) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7896 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shith (שִׁית)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as her, lay, will, let, she, and appoint. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.