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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 - So their father, Jacob, finally said to them, “If it can’t be avoided, then at least do this. Pack your bags with the best products of this land. Take them down to the man as gifts—balm, honey, gum, aromatic resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron’s staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:11 - Then the LORD said to me, “Look, Jeremiah! What do you see?”
And I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.”
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