שָׁתַן
sha.tan
“to urinate”
Definition
(causatively) to make water, i.e. urinate
a primitive root;
- (Hiphil) to urinate 1a) one who urinates (used as a designation of a male)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
שָׁתַן appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam:I will cut off from Jeroboam every male,both slave and free,in Israel;I will burn up the house of Jeroboamas one burns up dung until it is gone!
As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
This is what the LORD says:‘I will bring calamity on youand consume your descendants;I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel,both slave and free.
May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”
Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
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