Definition

properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce

Etymology

perhaps denominative from H7898 (שַׁיִת);

Where the KJV renders it

• entice
• move
• persuade
• provoke
• remove
• set on
• stir up
• take away

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.