Word Study · Strong's H7752 · Hebrew
שׁוֹט
shot
shote
Strong's 1890 spelling: shôwṭ
“a lash (literally or figuratively)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a lash (literally or figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
scourge, whip.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים4
- שׁ֣וֹט2
- שׁ֔וֹט2
- בְּשׁ֣וֹט1
- שׁ֭וֹט1
- שׁ֤וֹט1
How it is rendered · 4
- with the whips4
- a scourge3
- a whip3
- in [the] whip of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular6
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 6
- HRd/Ncmpa · 4
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah3 of 11 · 27%
- 1 Kings2 of 11 · 18%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 11 · 18%
- Job2 of 11 · 18%
- Proverbs1 of 11 · 9%
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 12:11בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔יםbashotimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralWhereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”here: with the whips
- 1 Kings 12:14בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔יםbashotimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraland spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”here: with the whips
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 10:11בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔יםbashotimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralWhereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”here: with the whips
- 2 Chronicles 10:14בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔יםbashotimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraland spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”here: with the whips
Job2 occurrences
- Job 5:21בְּשׁ֣וֹטbeshotpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.here: in [the] whip of
- Job 9:23שׁ֭וֹטshotnoun · masculine singularWhen the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.here: a scourge
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 10:26שׁ֔וֹטshotnoun · masculine singularAnd the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.here: a whip
- Isaiah 28:15שׁ֣וֹטshitnoun · masculine singularFor you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”here: a scourge
- Isaiah 28:18שׁ֤וֹטshotnoun · masculine singularYour covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.here: a scourge