TR: shiyth → tithemi (Set/Place)

The Chain

Hebrew OT          LXX (Greek OT)         Greek NT
───────────        ───────────────         ────────
שִׁית (shiyth)   →  τίθημι (tithemi)   →  τίθημι (tithemi)
H7896, 80x         35x as translation      94x in NT
"to set, place"    of shiyth               "to place, put, lay"

OT Usage (Hebrew)

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
H7896	שִׁית (shiyth)	80	set, place, put, make, appoint, lay, regard

Poetic/archaic "placing" verb. Psalms-dominant (30/80 = 37%). Semantically wide: physical placement, divine appointing, "set the heart" (attention idiom), transformative placement ("make X into Y"), and cosmic ordering.

Key OT passages: - Gen 3:15 — "I will put [shiyth] enmity between thee and the woman" — divine placement of enmity - Psa 110:1 — "until I make [shiyth] thine enemies thy footstool" — quoted 6x in NT - Psa 8:6 — "Thou madest him to have dominion... thou hast put [shiyth] all things under his feet"

H7896-shiyth.md

LXX Bridge

Hebrew	Greek Translation	Count	PMI	Notes
shiyth (H7896)	τίθημι (tithemi) G5087	35	16.17	Primary equivalent
shiyth (H7896)	ἐπιβάλλω (epiballo) G1911	5	8.54	"throw upon"
shiyth (H7896)	τάσσω (tasso) G5021	4	6.79	"appoint, arrange"
shiyth (H7896)	καθίστημι (kathistemi) G2525	4	5.03	"appoint, constitute"

Competing Hebrew sources for tithemi:

Hebrew Source	Co-occ	PMI	Notes
שׂוּם (suwm) H7760	224	24.02	Dominant source — prosaic synonym of shiyth
שִׁית (shiyth) H7896	35	16.17	Secondary source — poetic register
שׂוּם (suwm) H7761	16	14.34	Aramaic form
יָנַח (yanach) H3240	20	11.68	"rest, leave, deposit"

Semantic continuity: The LXX translators consistently chose tithemi for shiyth's core "place/set" sense. Both verbs are semantically broad "placing" words. The chain is straightforward — no significant semantic shift occurs at the LXX bridge.

NT Usage (Greek)

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
G5087	τίθημι (tithemi)	94	place, put, set, lay, make, appoint

Key NT passages: - Acts 1:7 — "the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put [tithemi] in his own power" - 1 Cor 3:10-11 — "I have laid [tithemi] the foundation... other foundation can no man lay" - John 10:15 — "I lay down [tithemi] my life for the sheep" - Rom 4:17 — "I have made [tithemi] thee a father of many nations"

TODO(need G5087 study)

Direct OT→NT Quotations

NT Verse	Quotes OT	Shared Word	Significance
Matt 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:43; Acts 2:35; Heb 1:13; 10:13	Psa 110:1	shiyth → tithemi	"until I make [tithemi] thine enemies thy footstool" — most-quoted OT verse in NT
Heb 2:8	Psa 8:6	shiyth → tithemi (via LXX ὑποτάσσω)	"Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet"
Rom 4:17	Gen 17:5	shiyth → tithemi	"I have made thee a father of many nations"

The Psa 110:1 chain is the most significant: the Hebrew shiyth ("I will set") becomes tithemi in the LXX, and this exact phrasing is preserved in all six NT quotations. This makes shiyth → tithemi one of the most frequently activated OT→NT word bridges.

Continuity and Shifts

What stays the same across testaments: - The core sense of deliberate, authoritative placement persists: God places, sets, appoints - The "make X into Y" (transformative) sense carries through (Psa 110:1 → NT quotations) - Both verbs function as general-purpose placement words with wide semantic range

What shifts: - NT tithemi absorbs the much larger H7760 suwm tradition (224 co-occ vs 35 for shiyth), so tithemi in the NT carries freight from both Hebrew placement verbs - NT adds a distinctive "lay down one's life" (John 10:11, 15, 17; 1 John 3:16) idiom not present in the OT shiyth usage - The OT "set the heart" (attention) idiom does not carry over — NT uses different constructions for attention

---

Generated from: gather_trace_data.py, search_strongs.py (--lxx-map, --hebrew-source, --lookup) Last updated: 2026-05-05