שׁוּט
shûwṭ · shoot
properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel
Lexicon
Derivation: 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
- properly, to push forth
- (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row
- by implication, to travel
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: go (about, through, to and fro), mariner, rower, run to and fro.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to surround and contain
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׁוּט above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from going to and fro2 · 15%
- went about1 · 8%
- which was with him, go now through1 · 8%
- so when they had gone1 · 8%
- run to and fro1 · 8%
- run ye to and fro1 · 8%
- and run to and fro1 · 8%
- were thy mariners1 · 8%
- thy rowers1 · 8%
- shall run to and fro1 · 8%
- they shall run to and fro1 · 8%
- which run to and fro1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.