Strong's Definition
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Derivation: or שִׂים; a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [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.
TWOT Reference: 2243
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to put, place, set, appoint, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on
1a2) to set, direct, direct toward
1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig)
1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix
1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix
1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give
1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign
1c) (Hophal) to be set
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
G75
G353
G394
G528
G659
G661
G868
G906
G997
G1013
G1081
G1096
G1125
G1210
G1291
G1299
G1325
G1551
G1620
G1685
G1760
G1863
G1911
G1941
G1959
G1994
G2007
G2007
G2022
G2028
G2186
G2192
G2224
G2233
G2476
G2525
G2609
G2641
G2657
G2749
G2947
G2983
G3539
G3729
G3908
G4060
G4160
G4337
G4367
G4369
G4388
G4687
G4741
G5021
G5087
G5219
G5275
G5293
G5294
G5399
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שִׂים / שׂוּם
śûm / śý̂ym
BDB Definition:
1) to put, place, set, appoint, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on
1a2) to set, direct, direct toward
1a2a) to extend (compassion) (figuratively)
1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix
1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix
1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give
1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign
1c) (Hophal) to be set
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2243
Total KJV Occurrences: 578