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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.
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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 5 times in 4 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 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 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 BoxNeh 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 BoxNeh 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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