H7885 שַׁיִט (shayiṭ) shay'-yit

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

oar

Strong's Definition

an oar; a scourge (figuratively)

Derivation: from H7751 (שׁוּט); also compare H7752 (שׁוֹט)

KJV Usage: oar, scourge.

TWOT Reference: 2344c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) rowing

1a) rowing

1b) scourge (fig)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁ֫יִט (sha.yit) — oar. 1) rowing 1a) rowing 1b) scourge (fig)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שַׁיִט (H7885)

noun m · שׁוט

Ships | Tools

oar = pole with a flat blade ► used to row or steer a boat through the water

ISA 33:21

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁ֫יִט n.[m.] rowing (as whipping, lashing the water) base

Bible Occurrences (2)

28:15 33:21

Isaiah 28:15

For you said, We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement... with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.

Isaiah 33:21

But there the Majestic One, our LORD, [will be] for us a place of rivers and wide... canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.