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Lexicon :: Strong's H5496 - sûṯ

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סוּת
Transliteration
sûṯ
Pronunciation
sooth
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps denominative from שַׁיִת (H7898)
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TWOT Reference: 1481

Strong’s Definitions

סוּת çûwth, sooth; perhaps denominative from H7898; properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce:—entice, move, persuade, provoke, remove, set on, stir up, take away.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H5496 in the following manner: persuade (5x), move (5x), set on (2x), stir up (2x), away (1x), entice (1x), provoked (1x), removed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H5496 in the following manner: persuade (5x), move (5x), set on (2x), stir up (2x), away (1x), entice (1x), provoked (1x), removed (1x).

  1. to incite, allure, instigate, entice

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to incite (to a request)

      2. to allure, lure

      3. to instigate (bad sense)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סוּת çûwth, sooth; perhaps denominative from H7898; properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce:—entice, move, persuade, provoke, remove, set on, stir up, take away.
STRONGS H5496: Abbreviations
† [סוּת] verb Hiph. incite, allure, instigate (Late Hebrew Hiph., id.); —
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הֱסִֽיתְךָ 1 Samuel 26:19, הֲסֵיתְךָ Job 36:16; 3rd person feminine singular הֵסַ֫תָּה 1 Kings 21:25 (Ges§ 72 w Köi. 460); 3 plural suffix הִסִּית֫וּךָ Jeremiah 38:22 (Ges§ 72 ee); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַסִּית 2 Kings 18:32 + 2 times, but also וַיָּ֫סֶת 2 Samuel 24:1; 1 Chronicles 21:1, suffix יְִֽֽֽסיתְךָ Deuteronomy 13:7; Job 36:18, etc.; Participle מַסִּית Jeremiah 43:3; 2 Chronicles 32:11; —
1.
a. incite to make a request (with accusative of person + infinitive) Judges 1:14 (on text see GFM) = Joshua 15:18.
b. allure מִמֶּנּוּ וַיְסִיתֵם 2 Chronicles 18:31 and God allured them away from him (si vera lectio; strike out clause as gloss Be Kit); so also Job 36:16 according to De Hi Bu and others; he allureth thee out of the mouth of distress, but Di Du freedom hath seduced thee; for meaning seduce, entice, compare also Job 36:18.
2. instigate, in bad sense, with accusative of person, + בְּ against, 1 Samuel 26:19; 2 Samuel 24:1; Jeremiah 43:3; Job 2:3; with accusative of person alone 1 Kings 21:25; 2 Kings 18:32 = Isaiah 36:18, compare 2 Chronicles 32:15; Deuteronomy 13:7; Jeremiah 38:22; + infinitive 1 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Chronicles 18:2; 32:11.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

13:7; 13:7

Joshua

15:18

Judges

1:14

1 Samuel

26:19; 26:19

2 Samuel

24:1; 24:1

1 Kings

21:25; 21:25

2 Kings

18:32; 18:32

1 Chronicles

21:1; 21:1

2 Chronicles

18:2; 18:31; 32:11; 32:11; 32:15

Job

2:3; 36:16; 36:16; 36:18; 36:18

Isaiah

36:18

Jeremiah

38:22; 38:22; 43:3; 43:3

H5496

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Strong's Number H5496 matches the Hebrew סוּת (sûṯ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 -

“If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife [fn]you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices H5496 you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - Now it happened that when she came to him, she enticed H5496 him to ask her father for a field. So she alighted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - Now it happened that when she came to him, she enticed H5496 him to ask her father for the field. Then she alighted from [fn]her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What [fn]do you want?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - “So now, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If Yahweh has incited H5496 you up against me, let Him [fn]accept an offering; but if it is [fn]men, cursed are they before Yahweh, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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And again the anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and it incited H5496 David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25 -

Surely there was no one who sold himself to do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited H5496.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 - until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey, that you may live and not die.” But do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads H5496 you, saying, “Yahweh will deliver us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:1 -

Then Satan stood up against Israel and incited H5496 David to number Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - And some years later he went down to Ahab at Samaria. And Ahab sacrificed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people who were with him, and incited H5496 him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31 - Now it happened that when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel,” and they turned to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him, and God incited H5496 them away from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - ‘Is not Hezekiah inciting H5496 you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, “Yahweh our God will deliver us from the [fn]hand of the king of Assyria”?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - ‘So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or incite H5496 you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you set your heart upon My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, [fn]fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity. So you incited H5496 Me against him to swallow him up in vain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16 -

“Then indeed, He enticed H5496 you from the mouth of distress,

Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;

And the comfort of your table full of [fn]fatness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 -

“Beware lest wrath entice H5496 you to scoffing;

And do not let the greatness of the atonement turn you aside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:18 - ‘Beware lest Hezekiah mislead H5496 you, saying, “Yahweh will deliver us.” Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - ‘And behold, all of the women who have remained in the house of the king of Judah are going to be brought out to the [fn]officers of the king of Babylon; and behold, those women will say,

“[fn]Your close friends

Have misled H5496 and overpowered you;

While your feet were sunk in the mud,

They turned back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:3 - but Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting H5496 you against us to give us over into the hand of the Chaldeans, so they will put us to death or exile us to Babylon.”
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