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Lexicon :: Strong's H8247 - šāqēḏ

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שָׁקֵד
Transliteration
šāqēḏ
Pronunciation
shaw-kade'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2451a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁקֵד shâqêd, shaw-kade'; from H8245; the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom):—almond (tree).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H8247 in the following manner: almond (2x), almond tree (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H8247 in the following manner: almond (2x), almond tree (2x).

  1. almond tree, almonds

    1. almond (the nut)

    2. almond-tree

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁקֵד shâqêd, shaw-kade'; from H8245; the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom):—almond (tree).
STRONGS H8247: Abbreviations
† שָׁקֵד noun [masculine] almond (-tree) (Late Hebrew id.; so called from its early waking out of winter's sleep, according to Ki Thes LagBN 45 and others; Aramaic שִׁיגְדָּא, bdb105201, bdb105202, whence Ethiopic bdb105203 compare NöM 39; compare LöwNo. 319); —
1. almond, i.e. the nut, plural שְׁקֵדִים Genesis 43:11 (J; +בָּטְנִים, etc.), Numbers 17:23 (P).
2. almond-tree Jeremiah 1:11 and (probably) Ecclesiastes 12:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

43:11

Ecclesiastes

12:5

Jeremiah

1:11

H8247

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Strong's Number H8247 matches the Hebrew שָׁקֵד (šāqēḏ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - And their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a present for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - Also they are afraid of height,
And of terrors in the way;
When the almond tree blossoms,
The grasshopper is a burden,
And desire fails.
For man goes to his eternal home,
And the mourners go about the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:11 - Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
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