Ṭîyṭ — H2916

H2916 · Hebrew — טיט

Pronunciation: teet

Definition

masculine noun

mud or clay; figuratively, calamity

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

Usually translated as

mire, clay, dirt

Origin

from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rather perb. a demonstrative); from H2894, through the idea of dirt to be swept away)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Ṭîyṭ occurs 13 times in 12 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Job (1), Psalms (3), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Micah (1), Nahum (1), Zechariah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — T