Strong’s H7751 · Hebrew

שׁוּט
shûwṭ
shoot

Definition

properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • go (about
  • through
  • to and fro)
  • mariner
  • rower
  • run to and fro

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.