שָׁתַן
shâthan · shaw-than'
(causatively) to make water, i.e. urinate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
(causatively) to make water, i.e. urinate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: piss.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁתַן 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- him that pisseth3 · 50%
- any that pisseth2 · 33%
- him not one that pisseth1 · 17%
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.