Word Study · Strong's H2916 · Hebrew
טִיט
tit
teet
Strong's 1890 spelling: ṭîyṭ
“mud or clay”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
mud or clay; figuratively, calamity
Rendered in the KJV as
clay, dirt, mire.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- טִֽיט׃2
- כְּטִ֥יט2
- בְּטִ֤יט1
- בַטִּ֛יט1
- בַּטִּֽיט׃ ס1
- וָטִֽיט׃1
- טִ֔יט1
- כְּטִ֖יט1
- כְּטִיט־1
- מִטִּ֪יט1
- מִ֭טִּיט1
How it is rendered · 9
- like [the] mud of4
- mud2
- and mud1
- clay1
- from [the] mud1
- from [the] mud of1
- in [the] mud of1
- in the clay1
- in the mud1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6
- noun · masculine singular3
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncmsc · 6
- HNcmsa · 3
- HRd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Psalms3 of 13 · 23%
- Isaiah2 of 13 · 15%
- Jeremiah2 of 13 · 15%
- Zechariah2 of 13 · 15%
- 2 Samuel1 of 13 · 8%
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Job1 occurrence
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 18:42כְּטִ֖יטketitpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.here: like [the] mud of
- Psalms 40:2מִטִּ֪יטmititpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.here: from [the] mud of
- Psalms 69:14מִ֭טִּיטmititpreposition + noun · masculine singularRescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.here: from [the] mud
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 41:25טִֽיט׃titnoun · masculine singularI have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.here: clay
- Isaiah 57:20וָטִֽיט׃vatitconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularBut the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.here: and mud
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 38:6טִ֔יטtitnoun · masculine singularSo they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.here: mud
- Jeremiah 38:6בַּטִּֽיט׃ סbatitpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSo they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.here: in the mud
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 9:3כְּטִ֥יטketitpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Tyre has built herself a fortress;she has heaped up silver like dust,and gold like the dirt of the streets.here: like [the] mud of
- Zechariah 10:5בְּטִ֤יטbetitpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)They will be like mighty men in battle,trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets.They will fight because the LORD is with them,and they will put the horsemen to shame.here: in [the] mud of