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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 - And Israel their father saith unto them, 'If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses goeth in unto the tent of the testimony, and lo, the rod of Aaron hath flourished for the house of Levi, and is bringing out flourishing, and doth blossom blossoms, and doth produce almonds;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:11 - And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, 'What art thou seeing, Jeremiah?' And I say, 'A rod of an almond tree I am seeing.'
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