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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
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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 - But God H430 remembered H2142 Noah H5146 and all H3605 the beasts H2416 and all H3605 the cattle H929 that were with him in the ark; H8392 and God H430 caused a wind H7307 to pass H5674 over H5921 the earth, H776 and the water H4325 subsided. H7918

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:5 - “It will come H1961 about that the rod H4294 of the man H376 whom H834 I choose H977 will sprout. H6524 Thus I will lessen H7918 from upon Myself the grumblings H8519 of the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 who H834 are grumbling H3885 against H5921 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So they hanged H8518 Haman H2001 on the [fn]gallows H6086 which H834 he had prepared H3559 for Mordecai, H4782 and the king’s H4428 anger H2534 subsided. H7918

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - ‘For wicked H7563 men H7563 are found H4672 among My people, H5971
They watch H7789 like fowlers H3353 [fn]lying H7918 in wait; H7918
They set H7843 a trap, H4889
They catch H3920 men. H376
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