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Hebrew

To swerve

שׂוּטStrong’s H7750

sut

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Sut is the Hebrew word usually translated “fall away of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.”
Psalms 40:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. To swerve, fall away(Qal)
How it's translated
  • and fall away of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    שׂוּט sut · to swerve

    1) to swerve, fall away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swerve, fall away 1a2) those falling away (participle)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “swerve” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SWERVE, verb intransitive

    swerv.

    1. To wander; to rove.
    2. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule of duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty or custom; to deviate.
    3. To bend; to incline.
    4. To climb or move forward by winding or turning.

    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.