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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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Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your [fn]bags, and bring them down to the man as a present, a little [fn]balm and a little honey, [fn]aromatic gum and [fn]myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds H8247.

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Now it happened on the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced flowers, and it bore ripe almonds H8247.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - Furthermore, [fn]men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond H8247 tree H8247 blooms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home, but the mourners go about in the street.

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Now the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a rod of an [fn]almond H8247 tree H8247.”

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