שָׂטָה sâṭâh

Meaning

to deviate from duty

In the King James Version: decline, go aside, turn.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Numbers 5:12 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him
• Numbers 5:19 And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.
• Numbers 5:20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—
• Numbers 5:29 This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
• Proverbs 4:15 Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
• Proverbs 7:25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.