Shetah שֵׁת
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| שֵׁת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shetah |
| Strong's number | H8357 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | buttock |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Samuel (1) |
Shetah (Hebrew שֵׁת, Strong's H8357) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “buttock”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
seat (of body), buttocks
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | buttocks (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | hips (1), buttocks (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shetah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 10:4Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 20:4So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).