Sᵉʼêth — H7613

Definition

feminine noun

an elevation or leprous scab; figuratively, elation or cheerfulness; exaltation in rank or character

1. elevation, exaltation, dignity, swelling, uprising
1. dignity, exaltation, loftiness
2. swelling
3. uprising

Usually translated as

rising, dignity, excellency, be accepted, highness, raise up self

Origin

from H5375

• Derived from Nâsâʼ (H5375)

Greek equivalents

• ópsis (G3799)
• stréphō (G4762)
• timḗ (G5092)

Occurrences

Sᵉʼêth occurs 14 times in 13 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Leviticus (6), Job (3), Psalms (1), Habakkuk (1)

• Genesis 4:7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted (שְׂאֵ֔ת)? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
• Genesis 49:3 — Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity (שְׂאֵ֖ת), and the excellency of power:
• Leviticus 13:2 — When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising (שְׂאֵ֤ת), a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:
• Leviticus 13:10 — And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising (שְׂאֵת) be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
• Leviticus 13:10 — And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising (בַּשְׂאֵֽת);
• Leviticus 13:19 — And in the place of the boil there be a white rising (שְׂאֵ֣ת), or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
• Leviticus 13:28 — And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising (שְׂאֵ֥ת) of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
• Leviticus 13:43 — Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising (שְׂאֵת) of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
• Leviticus 14:56 — And for a rising (וְלַשְׂאֵ֥ת), and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
• Job 13:11 — Shall not his excellency (שְׂ֭אֵתוֹ) make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
• Job 31:23 — For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness (וּ֝מִשְּׂאֵת֗וֹ) I could not endure.
• Job 41:25 — When he raiseth up (מִ֭שֵּׂתוֹ) himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
• Psalms 62:4 — They only consult to cast him down from his excellency (מִשְּׂאֵת֨וֹ): they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
• Habakkuk 1:7 — They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity (וּשְׂאֵת֖וֹ) shall proceed of themselves.