King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7751
Transliteration: shuwt
Phonetic Spelling: (shoot)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to go or rove about
Meaning: to push forth, to lash, to row, to travel
Word Summary
shuwt: to go or rove about
Original Word: שׁוּטTransliteration: shuwt
Phonetic Spelling: (shoot)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to go or rove about
Meaning: to push forth, to lash, to row, to travel
Strong's Concordance
go about, through, to and fro, mariner, rower, run to and fro A primitive root; properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel -- go (about, through, to and fro), mariner, rower, run to and fro.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7751. shuwt
I. שׁוּט verb go or rove about (Late Hebrew, Aramaic שׁוּט rove, row (Jonah 1:13), swim (Isaiah 25:11), stroke, besmear; see also שׁוֺט); —
Qal go or rove about: Perfect3plural, absolute הָעָם שָׁטוּ Numbers 11:8 (J; gathering manna), so, with ב location, Imperfect3masculine plural וַיָּשֻׁטוּ 2 Samuel 24:8, Imperative masculine singular שׁוּטנָֿא 24:2, Infinitive construct שׁוּט Job 1:7, שֻׁט 2:2 (both "" הִתְהַלֵךְ), perhaps also Genesis 24:63 (לָשׁוּט for לָשׁוּחַ, so ᵑ6 Thes1322 compare Di Gunk Dr); Jeremiah 8:6 Du reads שָׁט for שָׁב. — Participle שָׁטִים see שׁוּט denominative below
Po`l. go eagerly, quickly, to and fro: Imperfect3masculine singular לְבַקֵּשׁ יְשׁוֺטְטוּ Amos 8:12 ("" וְנָעוּ); absolute יְשֹׁטְטוּ Daniel 12:4; with ב location, Imperative masculine plural שׁוֺטְטוּ Jeremiah 5:1, Participle plural מְשׁוֺטְטִים Zechariah 4:10, מְשֹׁטְטוֺת2 Chronicles 16:9 (both of י ׳עֵינֵי).
Hithpo`lel Imperative feminine plural, ב location, הִתְשׁוֺטַטְנָת Jeremiah 49:3 run to and fro.