H8357 שֵׁתָה (shêthâh) shay-thaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

buttock

Strong's Definition

the seat (of the person)

Derivation: from H7896 (שִׁית);

KJV Usage: buttock.

TWOT Reference: 2478a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) seat (of body), buttocks

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שֵׁת (she.tah) — buttock. seat (of body), buttocks

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שֵׁת (H8351 · H8352 · A8353 · H8357)

noun m · שׁאה

Right

foundation literally: foundation; hence: = the principles on which a righteous society is built

PSA 11:3

People

buttocks = the fleshy backside of a human body on which one sits ≈ shameful when exposed

2SA 10:4 · ISA 20:4

name

Names of People

Seth = man; ◄ son of Adam, who was born after the death of Abel

GEN 4:25 · GEN 4:26 · GEN 5:3 · GEN 5:4 · GEN 5:6 · GEN 5:7 · GEN 5:8 · NUM 24:17 · 1CH 1:1

noun c

Quantity | Frequency

six = state in which a countable entity is six in number

EZR 6:15 · DAN 3:1

¹ See Jacob Milgrom, Numbers: The JPS Torah Commentary (Philadelphia/New York: The Jewish Publication Society, 1989), page 208. ² NUM 24:17 NEW NOTE

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שֵׁת n.[m.] seat (of body), buttocks base

Bible Occurrences (2)

10:4

20:4

2 Samuel 10:4

So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.

Isaiah 20:4

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks— to Egypt’s shame.