sata · go astray

What it means

sata (שָׂטָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “go astray”.

Turn aside, go astray from the right way.

How to say it

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

1. Wander off the path; be unfaithful to one's husband.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• goes astray ×2
• gone astray ×2
• turn aside ×2

Where it appears

• Numbers×4
• Proverbs×2

• Numbers 5:12

  “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,

• Numbers 5:19

  And the priest shall make her swear and say to the woman, ‘If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray into uncleanness while under the authority of your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.

• Numbers 5:20

  But if you, have gone astray while under the authority of your husband, and if you have made yourself unclean, and a man other than your husband has lain with you—’

• Numbers 5:29

  This is the instruction for jealousy, when a wife, while under the authority of her husband, goes astray and makes herself unclean,

• Proverbs 4:15

  Avoid it; do not pass through it; turn aside from it and pass on.

• Proverbs 7:25

  Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.