Lexicon :: Strong's H2916 - ṭîṭ

טִיט

Transliteration

ṭîṭ

Pronunciation

teet

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky [rath perb. a demon. From טוּא (H2894), through the idea of dirt to be swept away]

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 796a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

טִיט ṭîyṭ, teet; from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rather perhaps a demonstrative); from H2894, through the idea of dirt to be swept away); mud or clay; figuratively, calamity:—clay, dirt, mire.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2916 in the following manner: mire (8x), clay (3x), dirt (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2916 in the following manner: mire (8x), clay (3x), dirt (2x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

mud, clay, mire, damp dirt
1. mud, mire
2. clay (poetical)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H2916: Abbreviations

† טִיט noun masculine mud, mire, clay (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian ṭîṭu, id., Flood Tablet iii, 10. 25) — absolute טִיט Job 41:22 + 6 times; construct id. Micah 7:10 + 5 times; —

1. mud, mire of streets (always in simile of contempt, ignominious treatment) חוּצוֺת ט׳ Micah 7:10; Psalm 18:43 = 2 Samuel 22:43; Zechariah 9:3; Zechariah 10:5; of Jeremiah's dungeon Jeremiah 38:6 (twice in verse); of mire in which crocodile lies Job 41:22; cast up by sea Isaiah 57:20 (|| רֶפֶשׁ); of a bog (figurative of distress) Psalm 69:15 and הַיָּוֵן ט׳ Psalm 40:30.

2. poetic of potter's clay (|| חֹמֶר) Isaiah 41:25, brick-clay (|| id.) Nahum 3:14.

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