שׂוּם

sum · to set: make

Hebrew · Strong's H7760 · Verb · Sounds like: soom · 585 occurrences

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
שׂוּם, שִׂים 582 vb. put, place, set
Qal
1.
a. put, set, in a place
b. put something upon
c. put, lay, set
d. put, c. בֵּין
2. set, direct
3.
a. set, ordain, in a place
b. set, establish a law, statute
c. set, found a nation
d. set, appoint (as ruler, official)
e. set, constitute, make
f. set, determine, fix, bounds
4.
a. set, station, at a post
b. put in position, sacred bread, sword, staves, bars
c. set up altars
d. = plant, wheat
e. set, fix (countenance)
5.
a. make a thing, or pers. (acc.), for, transform into
b. make, constitute
c. work, bring to pass
d. appoint, give
e. set, fix (countenance)
Hiph. I will make him for a sign
Hoph. there was set before him
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
שׂוּמָה perhaps n. f. token of unluckiness, scowl;—2 S 13:32

Every occurrence

  1. Job 1:8 הֲשַׂ֥מְתָּ ha.Sam.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil.

  2. Job 1:17 שָׂ֣מוּ׀ Sa.mu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  3. Job 2:3 הֲשַׂ֣מְתָּ ha.Sam.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

  4. Job 4:18 יָשִׂ֥ים ya.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:

  5. Job 4:20 מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים me.Sim · An -ing word: causing it

    Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.

  6. Job 5:8 אָשִׂ֥ים 'a.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

  7. Job 5:11 לָשׂ֣וּם la.Sum · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

  8. Job 7:12 תָשִׂ֖ים ta.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

  9. Job 7:20 שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי sam.Ta.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?

  10. Job 13:14 אָשִׂ֥ים 'a.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

  11. Job 13:27 וְתָ֘שֵׂ֤ם ve.Ta.Sem · A mild command: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

  12. Job 17:3 שִֽׂימָה־ si.mah- · A command to you: simple action

    Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

  13. Job 17:12 יָשִׂ֑ימוּ ya.Si.mu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.

  14. Job 18:2 תְּשִׂימ֣וּן te.si.Mun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

  15. Job 19:8 יָשִֽׂים׃ ya.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

  16. Job 20:4 שִׂ֖ים sim · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

  17. Job 21:5 וְשִׂ֖ימוּ ve.Si.mu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.

  18. Job 22:22 וְשִׂ֥ים ve.Sim · A command to you: simple action

    Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.

  19. Job 23:6 יָשִׂ֥ם ya.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

  20. Job 24:12 יָשִׂ֥ים ya.Sim · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

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