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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 God, O Jeshurun,
who rides through the heavens to your help,
through the skies in his majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:12 - He made darkness around him his canopy,
thick clouds, a gathering of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - Look at the heavens, and see;
and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:28 - which the skies pour down
and drop on mankind abundantly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:18 - Can you, like him, spread out the skies,
hard as a cast metal mirror?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 - “And now no one looks on the light
when it is bright in the skies,
when the wind has passed and cleared them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 - Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him,
thick clouds dark with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:5 - Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:10 - For your steadfast love is great to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:34 - Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
and whose power is in the skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 - The clouds poured out water;
the skies gave forth thunder;
your arrows flashed on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:23 - Yet he commanded the skies 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 be compared to 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 it shall be established forever,
a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:4 - For your steadfast love is great above the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:20 - by his knowledge the deeps broke open,
and the clouds drop down the dew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:28 - when he made firm the skies above,
when he established[fn] the fountains of the deep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 - Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
and are accounted as the dust on the scales;
behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - “Shower, O heavens, from above,
and let the clouds rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
let the earth cause them both to sprout;
I the LORD have created it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9 - We would have healed Babylon,
but she was not healed.
Forsake her, and let us go
each to his own country,
for her judgment has reached up to heaven
and has been lifted up even to the skies.
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