Lectionary Calendar

Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #8365 - שָׁתַם

Transliteration

shâtham

Phonetics

shaw-tham'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

2481

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

(Qal) to open
1. meaning dubious

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 228 ‑ ἀληθινός (al‑ay‑thee‑nos');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Numbers 2

BSB (2)

Numbers 2

CSB (2)

Numbers 2

ESV (2)

Numbers 2

KJV (2)

Numbers 2

LEB (2)

Numbers 2

LSB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The
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NAS (0)

The
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NLT (0)

The
did not use
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WEB (2)

Numbers 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2887) m t s (סהתמ ShTM) AC: Open CO: ? AB: ?

V) m t s (סהתמ ShTM) - Open: KJV (2): (vf: Paal) open - Strongs: H8365 (שָׁתַם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[שָׁתַם] verb dubious; if text correct, open (Late Hebrew Aramaic שׁתם open [vessel]); — only

Qal Passive participle construct הַגֶּבֶר שְׁתֻם הְעָ֑יִן Numbers 24:3,15 (poems in J E) the man opened of [mental] eye, so ᵑ6 Ki Ew and others RVm; ᵑ9 Rö Ke Di and others render closed of [bodily] eye, reading then implicity שְׂתֻם (compare סָתַם, שָׂתַם Lamentations 3:8); see further Gray.

[שׁתן, הִשְׁתִּין] see שִׁין.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׁתַם prob. to unclose (cogn. to סָתַם, שָׁתַם to shut. Chald. to perforate). It occurs in one phrase, Numbers 24:3, 15 Numbers 24:15, שְׁתֻם הָעַיִן “with the eye (of the mind) unclosed;” used of a prophet, i.q. נְּלוּי עֵינַיִם verse Numbers 24:4. As to the sense, see Psalms 40:7.

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List of Word Forms

שְׁתֻ֥ם שתם šə·ṯum šəṯum sheTum