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Lexicon :: Strong's H7918 - šāḵaḵ

Aa
שָׁכַך
Transliteration
šāḵaḵ
Pronunciation
shaw-kak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2384

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁכַךְ shâkak, shaw-kak'; a primitive root; to weave (i.e. lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood):—appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H7918 in the following manner: pacified (1x), appeased (1x), set (1x), asswage (1x), cease (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H7918 in the following manner: pacified (1x), appeased (1x), set (1x), asswage (1x), cease (1x).

  1. to subside, abate, decrease

    1. (Qal) to abate

    2. (Hiphil) to allay

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁכַךְ shâkak, shaw-kak'; a primitive root; to weave (i.e. lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood):—appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.
STRONGS H7918: Abbreviations
† [שָׁכַךְ] verb decrease, abate (Late Hebrew שְׁכִיכָה is allaying of anger; שִׁכֵּךְ אֹזֶן soothe, satisfy the ear (so apparently Dalm), i.e. allow it to hear and understand, compare LevyNHWB (and Arabic bdb101303 be narrow have small ears, be deaf, Frä90); — Arabic bdb101304 see humble oneself, Wahrm humiliate); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיָּשֹׁכוּ Genesis 8:1 the waters abated; Infinitive construct כְּשֹׁךְ Esther 2:1 when abated the king's wrath, so Perfect 3rd person feminine singular שָׁכָ֑כָה Esther 7:10. — כְּשַׁךְ יְקוּשִׁים Jeremiah 5:26 usually like the bending, crouching, of fowlers (this meaning for שַׁךְ dubious; Dr כְּשֻׁר Du strike out ישׁור כשׁ, then reads יִלְכֹּדוּ׃ מוֺקְשִׁים הִצִּיבוּ בַּשַּׁחַת א׳).
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular consecutive וַהֲשִׁכֹּתִ֫י מֵעָלַי Numbers 17:20 I will allay from upon me the murmurings (accusative), etc.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:1

Esther

2:1; 7:10

Jeremiah

5:26

H7918

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7918 matches the Hebrew שָׁכַך (šāḵaḵ),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1 - And H2142➔ God H430 remembered ➔H2142 Noah, H5146 and H853 every H3605 living thing, H2416 and H853 all H3605 the cattle H929 that H834 was with him H854 in the ark: H8392 and H5674➔ God H430 made ➔H5674➔ a wind H7307 to pass ➔H5674 over H5921 the earth, H776 and H7918➔ the waters H4325 asswaged; ➔ H7918

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:5 - And it shall come to pass, H1961 that the man's H376 rod, H4294 whom H834 I shall choose, H977 shall blossom: H6524 and I will make to cease H7918 from me H5921 the murmurings H8519 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 whereby H834 they H1992 murmur H3885 against you. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 - After H310 these H428 things, H1697 when H7918➔ the wrath H2534 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 was appeased, ➔ H7918 he remembered H2142 Vashti, H2060 and H853 what H834 she had done, H6213 and H853 what H834 was decreed H1504 against her. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So they hanged H8518 Haman H2001 on H5921 the gallows H6086 that H834 he had prepared H3559 for Mordecai. H4782 Then H2534➔ was H7918➔ the king's H4428 wrath ➔H2534 pacified. ➔ H7918

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - For H3588 among my people H5971 are found H4672 wicked H7563 men: they lay wait, H7789 as he that setteth H7918 snares; H3353 they set H5324 a trap, H4889 they catch H3920 men. H376
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