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Lexicon :: Strong's H5521 - sukâ

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סֻכָּה
Transliteration
sukâ
Pronunciation
sook-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1492d

Strong’s Definitions

סֻכָּה çukkâh, sook-kaw'; feminine of H5520; a hut or lair:—booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H5521 in the following manner: tabernacle (12x), booth (11x), pavilion (5x), cottage (1x), covert (1x), tents (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H5521 in the following manner: tabernacle (12x), booth (11x), pavilion (5x), cottage (1x), covert (1x), tents (1x).

  1. thicket, covert, booth

    1. thicket

    2. booth (rude or temporary shelter)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סֻכָּה çukkâh, sook-kaw'; feminine of H5520; a hut or lair:—booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.
STRONGS H5521: Abbreviations
† סֻכָּה noun feminine thicket, booth (properly of inter-woven boughs compare Nehemiah 8:15); — absolute ס׳ Isaiah 1:8 +; construct סֻכָּת Amos 9:11; suffix סֻכָּתוֺ Job 36:29; Psalm 18:12, and so read || 2 Samuel 22:12 (for MT סֻכּוֺת; De Hup-Now HPS); usually plural סֻכֹּת Genesis 33:17 +; סֻכּוֺת 2 Samuel 11:11 +; —
1. thicket, lurking-place of lions Job 38:40 (compare [סֹךְ] 1).
2. booth, rude or temporary shelter, for cattle Genesis 33:17 (J; distinct from בַּיִת), but also for warriors in the field 2 Samuel 11:11; 1 Kings 20:12, 16; for watchers in vineyards Isaiah 1:8 (simile) Job 27:18 (simile of frailty), for man's shelter from sun Jonah 4:5, compare (figurative) Isaiah 4:6; Psalm 31:21, probably also Psalm 27:5 (see [סֹךְ]); in poetry of fallen house (dynasty) of David Amos 9:11; of clouds as (temporary) enclosure (AV 'pavilion') of י׳ in storm Psalm 18:12 = 2 Samuel 22:12; Job 36:29.
3. specifically of booths, made of boughs, in which people lived at harvest-feast Leviticus 23:42 (twice in verse); Leviticus 23:43 (H), Nehemiah 8:14, 15, 16, 17 (twice in verse), hence called חַג הַסֻכּוֺת Deuteronomy 16:13, 16; Deuteronomy 31:10; Leviticus 23:34 (P), Zechariah 14:16, 18, 19; 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezra 3:4.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

33:17; 33:17

Leviticus

23:34; 23:42; 23:43

Deuteronomy

16:13; 16:16; 31:10

2 Samuel

11:11; 11:11; 22:12; 22:12

1 Kings

20:12; 20:16

2 Chronicles

8:13

Ezra

3:4

Nehemiah

8:14; 8:15; 8:15; 8:16; 8:17

Job

27:18; 36:29; 36:29; 38:40

Psalms

18:12; 18:12; 27:5; 31:21

Isaiah

1:8; 1:8; 4:6

Amos

9:11; 9:11

Jonah

4:5

Zechariah

14:16; 14:18; 14:19

H5521

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5521 matches the Hebrew סֻכָּה (sukâ),
which occurs 31 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:17 - Jacob, on the other hand, traveled on to Succoth. There he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was named Succoth (which means “shelters”).

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. Begin celebrating the Festival of Shelters[fn] on the fifteenth day of the appointed month—five days after the Day of Atonement.[fn] This festival to the LORD will last for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:42 - For seven days you must live outside in little shelters. All native-born Israelites must live in shelters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:43 - This will remind each new generation of Israelites that I made their ancestors live in shelters when I rescued them from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:13 - “You must observe the Festival of Shelters[fn] for seven days at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed and the grapes have been pressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 - “Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. On each of these occasions, all men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he chooses, but they must not appear before the LORD without a gift for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:10 - Then Moses gave them this command: “At the end of every seventh year, the Year of Release, during the Festival of Shelters,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - Uriah replied, “The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents,[fn] and Joab and my master’s men are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would never do such a thing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - He shrouded himself in darkness,
veiling his approach with dense rain clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:12 - Ahab’s reply reached Ben-hadad and the other kings as they were drinking in their tents.[fn] “Prepare to attack!” Ben-hadad commanded his officers. So they prepared to attack the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:16 - About noontime, as Ben-hadad and the thirty-two allied kings were still in their tents drinking themselves into a stupor,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:13 - He offered the sacrifices for the Sabbaths, the new moon festivals, and the three annual festivals—the Passover celebration, the Festival of Harvest,[fn] and the Festival of Shelters—as Moses had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:4 - They celebrated the Festival of Shelters as prescribed in the Law, sacrificing the number of burnt offerings specified for each day of the festival.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:14 - As they studied the Law, they discovered that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in shelters during the festival to be held that month.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - He had said that a proclamation should be made throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, telling the people to go to the hills to get branches from olive, wild olive,[fn] myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees. They were to use these branches to make shelters in which they would live during the festival, as prescribed in the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:16 - So the people went out and cut branches and used them to build shelters on the roofs of their houses, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of God’s Temple, or in the squares just inside the Water Gate and the Ephraim Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17 - So everyone who had returned from captivity lived in these shelters during the festival, and they were all filled with great joy! The Israelites had not celebrated like this since the days of Joshua[fn] son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18 - The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web,[fn]
as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29 - Who can understand the spreading of the clouds
and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40 - as they lie in their dens
or crouch in the thicket?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He shrouded himself in darkness,
veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - You hide them in the shelter of your presence,
safe from those who conspire against them.
You shelter them in your presence,
far from accusing tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:8 - Beautiful Jerusalem[fn] stands abandoned
like a watchman’s shelter in a vineyard,
like a lean-to in a cucumber field after the harvest,
like a helpless city under siege.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - It will be a shelter from daytime heat
and a hiding place from storms and rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11 - “In that day I will restore the fallen house[fn] of David.
I will repair its damaged walls.
From the ruins I will rebuild it
and restore its former glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5 - Then Jonah went out to the east side of the city and made a shelter to sit under as he waited to see what would happen to the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:16 - In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each year to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:18 - If the people of Egypt refuse to attend the festival, the LORD will punish them with the same plague that he sends on the other nations who refuse to go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:19 - Egypt and the other nations will all be punished if they don’t go to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
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