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Lexicon :: Strong's H7834 - šaḥaq

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שַׁחַק
Transliteration
šaḥaq
Pronunciation
shakh'-ak
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2367a

Strong’s Definitions

שַׁחַק shachaq, shakh'-ak; from H7833; a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament:—cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H7834 in the following manner: cloud (11x), sky (7x), heaven (2x), small dust (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H7834 in the following manner: cloud (11x), sky (7x), heaven (2x), small dust (1x).

  1. dust, cloud

    1. fine dust

    2. (thin) cloud

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שַׁחַק shachaq, shakh'-ak; from H7833; a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament:—cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
STRONGS H7834: Abbreviations
† שַׁ֫חַק noun masculineProv 9:20 dust, cloud (as fine, thin); — שׁ׳ absolute Psalm 89:7; Psalm 89:38, construct Isaiah 40:15; plural שְׁחָקִים Deuteronomy 33:25 +; —
1. fine dust, מאֹזְנַיִם שׁ׳ Isaiah 40:15 (simile of insignificance).
2. (thin) cloud, usually plural (often || שָׁמַיִם), Deuteronomy 33:26 (poem), Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 51:9; Job 35:5; Job 36:28; Job 37:21; Job 38:37; Psalm 36:6; Psalm 57:11; Psalm 68:35; Psalm 77:18; Psalm 78:23; Psalm 108:5; opposed to תְּהוֺם Proverbs 3:20; Proverbs 8:28; עָבֵי שׁ׳ 2 Samuel 22:12 = Psalm 18:12; = heavens, sky Job 37:18 (with חִרְקִיעַ), and (singular) Psalm 89:7; Psalm 89:38.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

33:25; 33:26

2 Samuel

22:12

Job

35:5; 36:28; 37:18; 37:21; 38:37

Psalms

18:12; 36:6; 57:11; 68:35; 77:18; 78:23; 89:7; 89:7; 89:38; 89:38; 108:5

Proverbs

3:20; 8:28

Isaiah

40:15; 40:15; 45:8

Jeremiah

51:9

H7834

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7834 matches the Hebrew שַׁחַק (šaḥaq),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 -

There is none like the God of Jeshurun,

who rides the heavens to your aid,

the clouds in his majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:12

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He made darkness a canopy around him,

a gathering[fn] of water and thick clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 -

Look at the heavens and see;

gaze at the clouds high above you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:28 -

which the clouds pour out

and shower abundantly on mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:18 -

can you help God spread out the skies

as hard as a cast metal mirror?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 -

Now no one can even look at the sun

after a wind has swept through and cleared the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:37

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Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?

Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

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He made darkness his hiding place,

dark storm clouds his canopy around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:5 -

LORD, your faithful love reaches to heaven,

your faithfulness to the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:10 -

For your faithful love is as high as the heavens;

your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:34 -

Ascribe power to God.

His majesty is over Israel;

his power is among the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 -

The clouds poured down water.

The storm clouds thundered;

your arrows flashed back and forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:23 -

He gave a command to the clouds above

and opened the doors of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6 -

For who in the skies can compare with the LORD?

Who among the heavenly beings[fn] is like the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37 -

“like the moon, established forever,

a faithful witness in the sky.”Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:4 -

For your faithful love is higher than the heavens,

and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

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By his knowledge the watery depths broke open,

and the clouds dripped with dew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:28

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“when he placed the skies above,

when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:15

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Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;

they are considered as a speck of dust on the scales;

he lifts up the islands like fine dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 -

“Heavens, sprinkle from above,

and let the skies shower righteousness.

Let the earth open up

so that salvation will sprout

and righteousness will spring up with it.

I, the LORD, have created it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9 -

We tried to heal Babylon,

but she could not be healed.

Abandon her!

Let each of us go to his own land,

for her judgment extends to the sky

and reaches as far as the clouds.

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