שֶׁבֶת
shevet · lost time; sitting still
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7674 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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shevet (שֶׁבֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lost time; sitting still”.
The time someone spends unable to work; a stopping, sitting still.
How to say it
she·vet
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Days the injured man could not work.
- Not stirring, doing nothing.
- To leave off something, stay far from it.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- keep away ×1
- lost time ×1
- who sits still ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 21:19
if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, the one who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his lost time and have him thoroughly healed.
- Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep away from a dispute, but every fool breaks out.
- Isaiah 30:7
And Egypt helps with vapor and emptiness; therefore I have called her “Rahab who sits still.”