Word Study · Strong's H7847 · Hebrew
שָׂטָה
satah
saw-taw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: sâṭâh
“to deviate from duty”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to deviate from duty
Rendered in the KJV as
decline, go aside, turn.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- שָׂטִ֛ית2
- יֵ֣שְׂטְ1
- שְׂטֵ֖ה1
- תִשְׂטֶ֣ה1
- תִּשְׂטֶ֥ה1
How it is rendered · 4
- she will turn aside2
- you have turned aside2
- it turn aside1
- turn aside1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person feminine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular1
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- HVqi3fs · 2
- HVqp2fs · 2
- HVqj3ms · 1
- HVqv2ms · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers4 occurrences
- Numbers 5:12תִשְׂטֶ֣הtistehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to himhere: she will turn aside
- Numbers 5:19שָׂטִ֛יתsatitverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person feminine singularAnd he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.here: you have turned aside
- Numbers 5:20שָׂטִ֛יתsatitverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person feminine singularBut if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—here: you have turned aside
- Numbers 5:29תִּשְׂטֶ֥הtistehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularThis is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,here: she will turn aside
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 4:15שְׂטֵ֖הsetehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularAvoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.here: turn aside
- Proverbs 7:25יֵ֣שְׂטְyesetverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singularDo not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.here: it turn aside