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Lexicon :: Strong's H8257 - šāqaʿ

Aa
שָׁקַע
Transliteration
šāqaʿ
Pronunciation
shaw-kah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2456

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁקַע shâqaʻ, shaw-kah'; (abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root; to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue:—make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H8257 in the following manner: drown (2x), quench (1x), sink (1x), let down (1x), make deep (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H8257 in the following manner: drown (2x), quench (1x), sink (1x), let down (1x), make deep (1x).

  1. to sink, sink down, subside

    1. (Qal) to sink

    2. (Niphal) to sink, collapse

    3. (Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁקַע shâqaʻ, shaw-kah'; (abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root; to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue:—make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
STRONGS H8257: Abbreviations
[שָׁקַע] verb sink, sink down (so Late Hebrew שָׁקַע, Aramaic שְׁקַע; Arabic has صَقِعَ be smitten, prostrated, collapse); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְשָֽׁקְעָה; Amos 9:5 it shall sink like the Nile (of land; opposed to עָלַה); 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּשְׁקַע Numbers 11:2 (JE), of fire, it sunk down, died out; תִּשְׁקַע Jeremiah 51:64, of Babylon (like stone in water; opposed to קוּם).
Niph. 3rd person feminine singular נִשְׁקְעָה Amos 8:8 Qr, of land, sink (opposed to עָלָה; =
Qal Amos 9:5; Kt erroneous H8248 נשקה, compare WSG287).
Hiph. Imperfect 1st person singular אַשְׁקִיעַ מֵימֵיהֶם Ezekiel 32:14 I will make their waters sink, (settle, grow clear); 2nd person masculine singular וּחְֶבֶל תַּשְׁקִיעַ לְשׁוֺנוֺ Job 40:25 with a cord wilt thou make his tongue sink (? pull or press it down; of crocodile; MichSuppl, 2349 cited Thes 1477, compare Samaritan PSU = חבשׁ bind).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

11:2

Jeremiah

51:64

Ezekiel

32:14

Amos

8:8; 9:5; 9:5

H8257

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8257 matches the Hebrew שָׁקַע (šāqaʿ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:2 - And H6817➔ the people H5971 cried ➔H6817 unto H413 Moses; H4872 and when H6419➔ Moses H4872 prayed ➔H6419 unto H413 the LORD, H3068 the fire H784 was quenched. H8257

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1 - Canst thou draw out H4900 leviathan H3882 with an hook? H2443 or H2256➔ his tongue H3956 with a cord ➔H2256 which thou lettest down? H8257

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:64 - And thou shalt say, H559 Thus H3602 shall H8257➔ Babylon H894 sink, ➔ H8257 and H3808➔ shall H6965➔ not ➔H3808 rise ➔H6965 from H6440 the evil H7451 that H834 I H595 will bring H935 upon her: H5921 and they shall be weary. H3286 Thus H5704 far H2008 are the words H1697 of Jeremiah. H3414

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:14 - Then H227 will I make H8257➔ their waters H4325 deep, ➔ H8257 and H5104➔ cause H3212➔ their rivers ➔H5104 to run ➔H3212 like oil, H8081 saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3069

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - Shall H7264➔ not H3808 the land H776 tremble ➔H7264 for H5921 this, H2063 and H56➔ every one H3605 mourn ➔H56 that dwelleth H3427 therein? and it shall rise up H5927 wholly H3605 as a flood; H2975 and it shall be cast out H1644 and drowned, H8257 as by the flood H2975 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - And the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635 is he that toucheth H5060 the land, H776 and it shall melt, H4127 and H56➔ all H3605 that dwell H3427 therein shall mourn: ➔H56 and it shall rise up H5927 wholly H3605 like a flood; H2975 and shall be drowned, H8257 as by the flood H2975 of Egypt. H4714
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