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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 God, O Jesh'urun, who rides through the heavens to your help, and in his majesty through the skies.

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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 upon man 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 molten mirror?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 - "And now men cannot look 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 around him, his canopy thick clouds dark with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:10 - For thy steadfast love is great to the heavens, thy 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 his 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; thy 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 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 for ever; it shall stand firm while the skies endure." Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:4 - For thy steadfast love is great above the heavens, thy 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 forth, 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 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 isles 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 skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may sprout forth, and let it cause righteousness to spring up also; 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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