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Lexicon :: Strong's H8247 - šāqēḏ

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שָׁקֵד
Transliteration
šāqēḏ
Pronunciation
shaw-kade'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2451a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁקֵד shâqêd, shaw-kade'; from H8245; the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom):—almond (tree).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H8247 in the following manner: almond (2x), almond tree (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H8247 in the following manner: almond (2x), almond tree (2x).

  1. almond tree, almonds

    1. almond (the nut)

    2. almond-tree

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁקֵד shâqêd, shaw-kade'; from H8245; the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom):—almond (tree).
STRONGS H8247: Abbreviations
† שָׁקֵד noun [masculine] almond (-tree) (Late Hebrew id.; so called from its early waking out of winter's sleep, according to Ki Thes LagBN 45 and others; Aramaic שִׁיגְדָּא, bdb105201, bdb105202, whence Ethiopic bdb105203 compare NöM 39; compare LöwNo. 319); —
1. almond, i.e. the nut, plural שְׁקֵדִים Genesis 43:11 (J; +בָּטְנִים, etc.), Numbers 17:23 (P).
2. almond-tree Jeremiah 1:11 and (probably) Ecclesiastes 12:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

43:11

Ecclesiastes

12:5

Jeremiah

1:11

H8247

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8247 matches the Hebrew שָׁקֵד (šāqēḏ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along,[fn] and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:11 - And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see an almond[fn] branch.”
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