To incite
סוּתStrong’s H5496sut
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sut is the Hebrew word usually translated “incited him”, “incited” and “entice you”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;”
Meaning
- To incite, allure, instigate, entice(Hiphil)
How it's translated
- and she incited him 2
- and he incited 2
- he will entice you 1
- he has incited you 1
- she incited 1
- he misleads 1
- and he incited him 1
- and he lured them 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 4
- Job 3
- Jeremiah 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Joshua 1
- Judges 1
12 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 15:18And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
- Judges 1:14And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
- 1 Samuel 26:19Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
- 2 Samuel 24:1And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
- 1 Kings 21:25But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
- 2 Kings 18:32Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
Hebrew dictionary
סוּת sut · to incite
1) to incite, allure, instigate, entice 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to incite (to a request) 1a2) to allure, lure 1a3) to instigate (bad sense)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “incite” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INCI'TE, verb transitive
[Latin incito; in and cito, to call, to stir up.]
- To move the mind to action by persuasion or motives presented; to stir up; to rouse; to spur on.
- To move to action by impulse or influence.
- To animate; to encourage.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.