שֵׁתָה
sheta · buttocks
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8357 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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sheta (שֵׁתָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “buttocks”.
Seat.
How to say it
she·ta
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
- The back part of the body one sits on.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 10:4
So Hanun took the servants of David and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, as far as their buttocks, 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, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered: the nakedness of Egypt.