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שִׁית
shîyth · Hebrew · Strong's H7896 · 83 occurrences
The KJV renders 43 different Hebrew and Greek words as “make”
What it means
to place (in a very wide application)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay, let alone, make, mark, put, set, shew, be stayed
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“make”
also renders kataskeuázō (G2680), procheirízomai (G4400), poiéō (G4160), synistáō (G4921), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), speúdō (G4692), synteléō (G4931), diatíthemai (G1303), perisseúō (G4052), kathístēmi (G2525), gennáō (G1080), ktízō (G2936), symbállō (G4820), ʼârak (H748), bûwsh (H954), bᵉnâʼ (H1124), bᵉʻâʼ (H1156), bârâʼ (H1254), gâdal (H1431), hâlal (H1984), hâphak (H2015), hârag (H2026), chûwl (H2342), yâdaʻ (H3045), yâçaph (H3254), nâthan (H5414), ʻăbad (H5648), ʻâmaq (H6009), ʻâtsab (H6087), ʻâsâh (H6213), ʻâshar (H6238), pâlaç (H6424), pâʻal (H6466), pâqad (H6485), pᵉshar (H6590), qûwm (H6966), qâlal (H7043), râbâh (H7235), râphad (H7502), râqach (H7543), sûwm (H7761)
“shew”
also renders emphanízō (G1718), poiéō (G4160), dēlóō (G1213), mēnýō (G3377), katatíthēmi (G2698), apangéllō (G518), parístēmi (G3936), dídōmi (G1325), apodeíknymi (G584), epideíknymi (G1925), phaneróō (G5319), anadeíknymi (G322), paréchō (G3930), katangéllō (G2605), diēgéomai (G1334), deiknýō (G1166), lógos (G3056), próthesis (G4286), légō (G3004), gâlâh (H1540), hakkârâh (H1971), chăvâʼ (H2324), châzaq (H2388), yâdaʻ (H3045), yârâh (H3384), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), shâmaʻ (H8085)
“bring”
also renders epiphérō (G2018), eisphérō (G1533), hístēmi (G2476), lambánō (G2983), poiéō (G4160), apophérō (G667), érchomai (G2064), ágō (G71), phérō (G5342), komízō (G2865), paréchō (G3930), proságō (G4317), apágō (G520), ʼâthâh (H857), ʼâthâh (H858), bâsar (H1319), gâlâh (H1540), yâbal (H2986), yᵉbal (H2987), yâhab (H3051), nâdach (H5080), çûwr (H5493), qârâh (H7136), râkab (H7392), râʻaʻ (H7489), shâphath (H8239)
“set”
also renders hístēmi (G2476), títhēmi (G5087), keîmai (G2749), apostéllō (G649), dídōmi (G1325), taktós (G5002), kathízō (G2523), dýnō (G1416), kathístēmi (G2525), tássō (G5021), yâhab (H3051), yânach (H3240), yâçad (H3245), yâtsab (H3320), yâshab (H3427), yᵉthib (H3488), môwʻêd (H4150), mâlêʼ (H4390), mᵉnâʼ (H4483), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâqad (H6485), qûwm (H6966), râkab (H7392), sûwm (H7761), shâkan (H7931)
“lay”
also renders hístēmi (G2476), epibállō (G1911), katabállō (G2598), logízomai (G3049), klínō (G2827), katatíthēmi (G2698), keîmai (G2749), phérō (G5342), bállō (G906), anaklínō (G347), epíkeimai (G1945), ʼâchaz (H270), chârab (H2717), yᵉhab (H3052), yâçad (H3245), yârâh (H3384), mâlaṭ (H4422), nûwach (H5117), nâtsab (H5324), ʻâbar (H5674), shâvâh (H7737), sûwm (H7761), shâkan (H7931), tâphas (H8610)
“appoint”
also renders hístēmi (G2476), poiéō (G4160), títhēmi (G5087), syntássō (G4929), diatíthemai (G1303), diatássō (G1299), anadeíknymi (G322), kathístēmi (G2525), tássō (G5021), bâchar (H977), dâbar (H1696), zâman (H2163), yâdaʻ (H3045), yâkach (H3198), yâçad (H3245), nâqab (H5344), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâqad (H6485), tsâvâh (H6680), qûwm (H6966), qârâh (H7136)
“consider”
also renders skopéō (G4648), syneídō (G4894), eídō (G1492), theōréō (G2334), anatheōréō (G333), dialogízomai (G1260), katamanthánō (G2648), syníēmi (G4920), analogízomai (G357), katanoéō (G2657), noiéō (G3539), bîyn (H995), zâmam (H2161), châshab (H2803), yâdaʻ (H3045), nâbaṭ (H5027), nâthan (H5414), pâçag (H6448), sâkal (H7919), sᵉkal (H7920), shâmaʻ (H8085)
“put”
also renders poiéō (G4160), kathairéō (G2507), epibállō (G1911), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), bállō (G906), bâṭach (H982), hâdâh (H1911), yânach (H3240), yâçaph (H3254), nâsag (H5381), nâthan (H5414), çâphâh (H5595), ʻâmaç (H6006), ʻâsâh (H6213), tsâvâh (H6680), râchaq (H7368), râkab (H7392), shᵉlach (H7972)
“mark”
“let alone”
“apply”
also renders nâthan (H5414)
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
83 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 11:34 · HVqi1cs/Sp3ms
“‘However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes,
1 Samuel 2:8 · HC/Vqw3ms
He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.
1 Samuel 4:20 · HVqp3fs
About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she didn’t answer, neither did she regard it.
2 Samuel 13:20 · HVqj2fs
Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.
2 Samuel 19:28 · HC/Vqw2ms
For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should appeal any more to the king?”
2 Samuel 22:12 · HC/Vqw3ms
He made darkness a shelter around himself, gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
Exodus 7:23 HVqp3msExodus 10:1 HVqc/Sp1csExodus 21:22 HVqi3msExodus 21:30 HVHi3msExodus 23:1 HVqj2msExodus 23:31 HC/Vqq1csExodus 33:4 HVqp3cpGenesis 3:15 HVqi1csGenesis 4:25 HVqp3msGenesis 30:40 HC/Vqw3msGenesis 41:33 HC/Vqj3ms/Sp3msGenesis 46:4 HVqi3msGenesis 48:14 HC/Vqw3msGenesis 48:17 HVqi3msHosea 2:3 HC/Vqq1cs/Sp3fsHosea 6:11 HVqp3msIsaiah 5:6 HC/Vqi1cs/Sp3msIsaiah 15:9 HVqi1csIsaiah 16:3 HVqv2fsIsaiah 22:7 HVqaIsaiah 26:1 HVqi3msJeremiah 2:15 HC/Vqw3mpJeremiah 3:19 HVqi1cs/Sp2fsJeremiah 13:16 HVqi3msJeremiah 22:6 HVqi1cs/Sp2msJeremiah 31:21 HVqv2fsJeremiah 50:3 HVqi3msJeremiah 51:39 HVqi1csJob 7:17 HVqi2msJob 9:33 HVqj3msJob 10:20 HVqj3msJob 14:13 HVqi2msJob 22:24 HC/Vqv2msJob 30:1 HR/VqcJob 38:11 HVqi3msJob 38:36 HVqp3msNumbers 12:11 HVqj2msNumbers 24:1 HC/Vqw3msProverbs 22:17 HVqi2msProverbs 24:32 HVqi1csProverbs 26:24 HVqi3msProverbs 27:23 HVqv2msPsalm 3:6 HVqp3cpPsalm 8:6 HVqp2msPsalm 9:20 HVqv2ms/ShPsalm 12:5 HVqi1csPsalm 13:2 HVqi1csPsalm 17:11 HVqi3mpPsalm 18:11 HVqi3msPsalm 21:3 HVqi2msPsalm 21:6 HVqi2ms/Sp3msPsalm 21:9 HVqi2ms/Sp3mpPsalm 21:12 HVqi2ms/Sp3mpPsalm 45:16 HVqi2ms/Sp3mp
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.