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Lexicon :: Strong's H8257 - šāqaʿ

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שָׁקַע
Transliteration
šāqaʿ
Pronunciation
shaw-kah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2456

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁקַע shâqaʻ, shaw-kah'; (abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root; to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue:—make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H8257 in the following manner: drown (2x), quench (1x), sink (1x), let down (1x), make deep (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H8257 in the following manner: drown (2x), quench (1x), sink (1x), let down (1x), make deep (1x).

  1. to sink, sink down, subside

    1. (Qal) to sink

    2. (Niphal) to sink, collapse

    3. (Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁקַע shâqaʻ, shaw-kah'; (abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root; to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue:—make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
STRONGS H8257: Abbreviations
[שָׁקַע] verb sink, sink down (so Late Hebrew שָׁקַע, Aramaic שְׁקַע; Arabic has صَقِعَ be smitten, prostrated, collapse); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְשָֽׁקְעָה; Amos 9:5 it shall sink like the Nile (of land; opposed to עָלַה); 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּשְׁקַע Numbers 11:2 (JE), of fire, it sunk down, died out; תִּשְׁקַע Jeremiah 51:64, of Babylon (like stone in water; opposed to קוּם).
Niph. 3rd person feminine singular נִשְׁקְעָה Amos 8:8 Qr, of land, sink (opposed to עָלָה; =
Qal Amos 9:5; Kt erroneous H8248 נשקה, compare WSG287).
Hiph. Imperfect 1st person singular אַשְׁקִיעַ מֵימֵיהֶם Ezekiel 32:14 I will make their waters sink, (settle, grow clear); 2nd person masculine singular וּחְֶבֶל תַּשְׁקִיעַ לְשׁוֺנוֺ Job 40:25 with a cord wilt thou make his tongue sink (? pull or press it down; of crocodile; MichSuppl, 2349 cited Thes 1477, compare Samaritan PSU = חבשׁ bind).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

11:2

Jeremiah

51:64

Ezekiel

32:14

Amos

8:8; 9:5; 9:5

H8257

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8257 matches the Hebrew שָׁקַע (šāqaʿ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:2 - The people H5971 therefore cried H6817 out to Moses, H4872 and Moses H4872 prayed H6419 to the LORD H3068 and the fire H784 [fn]died H8257 out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1 - “[fn]Can you draw H4900 out [fn]Leviathan H3882 with a fishhook? H2443
Or press H8257 down H8257 his tongue H3956 with a cord? H2256

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:64

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:64 - and say, H559 ‘Just H3602 so H3602 shall Babylon H894 sink H8257 down H8257 and not rise H6965 again because H4480 H6440 of the calamity H7451 that I am going to bring H935 upon her; and they will become H3286 exhausted.’” H3286 Thus H2008 far H5704 are the words H1697 of Jeremiah. H3414

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:14 - “Then H227 I will make their waters H4325 settle H8257
And will cause their rivers H5104 to run H1980 like oil,” H8081
Declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:8 - “Because H5921 of this H2088 will not the land H776 quake H7264
And everyone H3605 who dwells H3427 in it mourn? H56
Indeed, all H3605 of it will rise H5927 up like the Nile, H2975
And it will be tossed H1644 about H1644
And subside H8257 like the Nile H2975 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 - The Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of hosts, H6635
The One who touches H5060 the land H776 so that it melts, H4127
And all H3605 those who dwell H3427 in it mourn, H56
And all H3605 of it rises H5927 up like the Nile H2975
And subsides H8257 like the Nile H2975 of Egypt; H4714
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