שׂוּם

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

• to set: make H7760A 273
• to set: put H7760H · a Meaning of 239
• to set: consider H7760K · a Meaning of 29
• to set: appoint H7760L · a Meaning of 26
• to set: take H7760I · a Meaning of 9
• to set: name H7760M · a Meaning of 5
• to set: accuse H7760J · a Meaning of 3
• fate H7760B 1

Strong's dictionary

or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. 1 Kings 2:5 וַיָּ֥שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

2. 1 Kings 2:15 שָׂ֧מוּ Sa.mu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's; for it was his from Jehovah.

3. 1 Kings 2:19 וַיָּ֤שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

4. 1 Kings 5:9 אֲשִׂימֵ֨ם 'a.si.Mem · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

   My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

5. 1 Kings 8:21 וָאָשִׂ֨ם va.'a.Sim · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

   And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

6. 1 Kings 9:3 לָשֽׂוּם־ la.sum- · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

7. 1 Kings 10:9 וַיְשִֽׂימְךָ֣ vay.si.me.Kha · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness.

8. 1 Kings 11:36 לָשׂ֥וּם la.Sum · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

9. 1 Kings 12:29 וַיָּ֥שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

10. 1 Kings 14:21 לָשׂ֨וּם la.Sum · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

11. 1 Kings 18:23 וְיָשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ ve.ya.Si.mu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.

12. 1 Kings 18:23 יָשִׂ֑ימוּ ya.Si.mu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.

13. 1 Kings 18:23 אָשִֽׂים׃ 'a.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.

14. 1 Kings 18:25 תָשִֽׂימוּ׃ ta.Si.mu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.

15. 1 Kings 18:33 וַיָּ֖שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.

16. 1 Kings 18:42 וַיָּ֥שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.

17. 1 Kings 19:2 אָשִׂ֣ים 'a.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Then Jezebel send a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time.

18. 1 Kings 20:6 יָשִׂ֥ימוּ ya.Si.mu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    but I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.

19. 1 Kings 20:12 שִׂ֔ימוּ Si.mu · A command to all of you: simple action

    And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.

20. 1 Kings 20:12 וַיָּשִׂ֖ימוּ vai.ya.Si.mu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.

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