Strong's Hebrew · H7852

H7852 sâṭam

שָׂטַם

saw-tam'

to hate

sâṭam appears 6 times in Scripture, in Genesis, Job and Psalms. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

properly, to lurk for, i.e. persecute

In the King James Version

hate, oppose self against.

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Genesis 50:15

“When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.””

Genesis 27:41

“Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.””

Job 16:9

“His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.”

Psalms 55:3

“at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.”

Job 30:21

“You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.”

Genesis 49:23

“The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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