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Lexicon :: Strong's H8246 - šāqaḏ

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שָׁקַד
Transliteration
šāqaḏ
Pronunciation
shaw-kad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A denominative from שָׁקֵד (H8247)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2451b

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs: שקד.

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁקַד shâqad, shaw-kad'; a denominative from H8247; to be (intensively, make) almond-shaped:—make like (unto, after the fashion of) almonds.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H8246 in the following manner: almond (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H8246 in the following manner: almond (6x).
  1. (Pual) cups shaped like almond blossoms (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁקַד shâqad, shaw-kad'; a denominative from H8247; to be (intensively, make) almond-shaped:—make like (unto, after the fashion of) almonds.
STRONGS H8246: Abbreviations
† [שָׁקַד] verb Pu. denominative — only Participle in גְּבִעִים מְשֻׁקָּדִים cups shaped like almond (blossoms) Exodus 25:33 (twice in verse); Exodus 25:34; Exodus 37:19 (twice in verse); Exodus 37:20 (all P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8246 matches the Hebrew שָׁקַד (šāqaḏ),
which occurs 6 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - “Three cups shall be shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms in the one branch, a [fn]bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms in the [fn]other branch, a [fn]bulb and a flower—so for the six branches going out from the lampstand;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - and in the lampstand four cups shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms, its [fn]bulbs and its flowers.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - three cups shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms, a [fn]bulb and a flower in one branch, and three cups shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms, a [fn]bulb and a flower in the other branch—so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:20 - In the lampstand there were four cups shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms, its [fn]bulbs and its flowers;
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