Sokh סֹךְ
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| סֹךְ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sokh |
| Strong's number | H5520 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | lair |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (3) |
Sokh (Hebrew סֹךְ, Strong's H5520) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “lair”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
thicket, lair, covert, booth
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | den (1), pavilion (1), tabernacle (1), covert (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | thicket (1), his shelter (1), his tent (1), his den (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sokh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 10:9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
- Psalm 27:5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- Psalm 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 25:38He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).