שְׁאָט
shᵉʼâṭ · H7589 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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scorn, malice, contempt
State in which humans consider other humans else unworthy of attention or respect, and show that by their actions
ExamplesEzekiel 25:6 ‘For this is what the Lord GOD says: “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet, and have rejoiced with all the malice in your soul against the land of Israel,
Ezekiel 25:15 ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Because the Philistines have acted in revenge, and have taken vengeance with malice in their souls to destroy with everlasting hostility,”
Ezekiel 36:5 therefore the Lord GOD says this: “Certainly in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with contempt of soul, in order to make its pastureland plunder.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 1
- ךָyour 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 5
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 8 words
- שְׁנִינָה shᵉnîynâh · H8148 · taunt
- Both denote contempt or scorn, with שְׁאָט (shᵉʼâṭ, H7589) as "despiteful" and the other word as "byword" or "taunt," and can substitute for each other in contexts of verbal or attitudinal contempt.
- דְּרָאוֹן dᵉrâʼôwn · H1860 · object of abhorrence
- Both refer to an attitude of contempt or scorn.
- שְׂחוֹק sᵉchôwq · H7814 · laughter, laughingstock
- שְׁאָט (shᵉʼâṭ, H7589) centers on contempt and scorn, while שְׂחוֹק (sᵉchôwq, H7814) centers on mockery through laughter or ridicule. They express different modes of reviling, a contemptuous attitude and derisive mockery, but overlap in expressing scorn or contempt toward another.
- לָצוֹן lâtsôwn · H3944 · taunting, scoffing
- Both describe contemptuous attitudes, one scornful and the other despiteful.
- גְּדוּפָה gᵉdûwphâh · H1422 · reviling, mockery, insult
- Both denote acts of verbal abuse or scorn, such as taunting, contempt and despite, and are closely related hostile speech acts.
- בּוּז bûwz · H937 · contempt
- שְׁאָט (shᵉʼâṭ, H7589) denotes despiteful scorn and the other word denotes contempt, being despised or shamed. They can substitute for each other in context.
- קֶלֶס qeleç · H7047 · scorn
- Both words denote attitudes or expressions of contempt and scorn: derision (mockery, scorn) and contempt (scorn) both refer to contemptuous treatment or attitude.
- לַעַג laʻag · H3933 · scoffing, mocking, derision
- Both denote attitudes or expressions of contempt or scorn, such as derision and despite, and can substitute for each other in context.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Despise002001002005
- Ezekiel 36:5 speaks of nations who took Israel's land "with contempt of soul," and Ezekiel 25:6 speaks of rejoicing "with all the malice in your soul," both directly attesting the scornful contempt this word denotes.
- Revile002004001009012
- Ezekiel 25:15 describes the Philistines who "taken vengeance with malice in their souls to destroy with everlasting hostility," attesting the scornful, hostile abuse this word can carry.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7589. sheat שְׁאָט noun [masculine] despite, contempt (expanded from שׁוּט above, Köi.…
שְׁאָט noun [masculine] despite, contempt (expanded from שׁוּט above, Köi. 439; ii. 1. 486); — absolute בְּנֶפֶשׁ ׳בִּשׁ Eze 25:15 with despite in the soul; construct נֶפֶשׁ ׳בִּשׁ Eze 36:5; suffix בְּנ ׳בְּכָלשָֽֿׁאטְךָ Eze 25:6 (Ges§ 23c Köii. 1. 67).
שׁוּל (√ of following; compare Arabic hang down loose).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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