Definition
from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rather perhaps a demonstrative); from H2894, through the idea of dirt to be swept away); mud or clay; figuratively, calamity
Traditional renderings: clay, dirt, mire.
Traditional renderings: clay, dirt, mire.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders טִיט:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
13 total
- 2 Samuel 22:43כְּטִיט־ · like mudI ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
- Job 41:30טִֽיט׃ · the mudHis undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
- Psalm 18:42כְּטִ֖יט · like mudI ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
- Psalm 40:2מִטִּ֪יט · clayHe lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
- Psalm 69:14מִ֭טִּיט · from the mireRescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
- Isaiah 41:25טִֽיט׃ · the clayI have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
- Isaiah 57:20וָטִֽיט׃ · and muckBut the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
- Jeremiah 38:6טִ֔יט · mud; בַּטִּֽיט׃ס · into the mudSo they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
- Micah 7:10כְּטִ֥יט · like mudThen my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.
- Nahum 3:14בַטִּ֛יט · the clayDraw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!
- Zechariah 9:3כְּטִ֥יט · like the dirtTyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
- Zechariah 10:5בְּטִ֤יט · [the enemy] in the mireThey will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.