שָׁאט
shâʼṭ · H7590 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to despise
State in which humans have contempt for others
ExamplesEzekiel 16:57 before your wickedness was uncovered, so now you have become the disgrace of the daughters of Edom and of all who are around her, of the daughters of the Philistines—those surrounding you who despise you.
Ezekiel 28:24 “And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a painful thorn or a hurtful thorn bush from any surrounding them who despised them; then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
Ezekiel 28:26 “They will live on it securely; and they will build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I execute judgments upon all around them who despise them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.”’”
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- הֶםthem 2
- ךְyou 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom+ סָבִיבround about, around, on every side 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- בַּתdaughter 1
- סָבִיבround about, around, on every side 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
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 5 words
- מָאַס mâʼaç · H3988 · to reject, to refuse, to waste away
- Both lexemes share the "Despise" domain with glosses centered on contempt/rejection. מָאַס (mâʼaç, H3988) has a broad semantic range including "despise, reject, refuse," while שָׁאט (shâʼṭ, H7590) is narrower but specifically denotes despising. This appears to be genuine same-language near-synonymy (both express contempt/despising).
- נָאַץ nâʼats · H5006 · to reject, to have contempt for
- Both denote despising or contempt, and are distinct words that can substitute for each other in contexts of despising.
- שָׁקַץ shâqats · H8262 · to contaminate oneself, to make oneself abominable, to regard as detestable
- Both express strong rejection and negative attitudes, with overlapping senses of despising, abhorring and detesting.
- קָלַס qâlaç · H7046 · to scorn, to disdain, to jeer
- Both denote contemptuous attitudes or actions in the field of despising, with overlapping senses such as mocking, scoffing, scorning and despising.
- בָּחַל bâchal · H973 · to detest, to loathe
- Both denote despising and abhorring, near-synonymous attitudes of rejection or contempt.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀτιμάζω atimázō · G818 · to treat shamefully, to mistreat, to cause to be dishonored
- Greek ἀτιμάζω (atimázō) renders Hebrew שָׁאָט (shāʾaṭ) in LXX contexts where the Hebrew verbal sense 'to despise/treat with contempt' corresponds to the Greek 'to dishonor/treat shamefully,' both denoting active contemptuous treatment of a person or thing.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Move002002001012
- All three sampled citations describe this word's referents as those "surrounding" or "around" their object (Ezekiel 16:57, 28:24, 28:26), reflecting this participle's root sense of going or roaming about.
- Despise002001002005
- Ezekiel 16:57, 28:24, and 28:26 each describe those "who despise" Israel, directly attesting the contemptuous sense this word carries in its derived, contextual use.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7590. shat II. [שׁוּט] verb treat with despite, only Ezekiel (Aramaic שׁוּט, despise;…
II. [שׁוּט] verb treat with despite, only Ezekiel (Aramaic שׁוּט, despise; compare perhaps Assyrian šâ‰u, rebel, Meissn); — only
Qal Participle, with accusative of person: masculine plural (substantive) אוֺתָם הַשָּׁאטִים Eze 28:24, Eze 28:26 (Köii. 1. 108, 346 Ges§ 72p); feminine plural אוֺתָךְ הַשָּׁאטוֺת מְּלִשְׁתִּים בְּנוֺת Eze 16:57 (Köib. 189).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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