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שָׁתַן

shatan · urinate

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8366 · appears 6 times in the Bible

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What it means

shatan (שָׁתַן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “urinate”.

In the phrase "one who urinates against the wall" it is the crude Hebrew way of saying "male."

How to say it

sha·tan

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. Pass water; "one who does so against the wall": a male.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

  • everyone who urinates ×3
  • much as one who urinates ×2
  • one who urinates ×1

Where it appears

  • 1 Samuel 25:22

    So may Elohim do to the enemies of David, and so may he add, if I leave, of all that is his, until morning so much as one who urinates against a wall.”

  • 1 Samuel 25:34

    For indeed, as YHWH lives, the Elohim of Israel, who has kept me back from harming you, if you had not hurried and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal, by the light of morning, so much as one who urinates against a wall.”

  • 1 Kings 14:10

    therefore, look, I am bringing evil on the house of Jeroboam, and I will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates against the wall, restrained and left in Israel; and I will sweep away after the house of Jeroboam, as one sweeps away dung, until it is gone.

  • 1 Kings 16:11

    And it happened, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he struck down all the house of Baasha; he did not leave him one who urinates against the wall, neither his kinsmen-redeemers nor his friend.

  • 1 Kings 21:21

    ‘Look, I am bringing evil on you, and I will sweep away after you, and I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against the wall, restrained and left in Israel;

  • 2 Kings 9:8

    All the house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against the wall, both the one kept and the one left in Israel.