Shakhakh שָׁכַךְ
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| שָׁכַךְ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shakhakh |
| Strong's number | H7918 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to subside |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Esther (2) |
Shakhakh (Hebrew שָׁכַךְ, Strong's H7918) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to subside”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to subside, abate, decrease
1a) (Qal) to abate
1b) (Hiphil) to allay
1a) (Qal) to abate
1b) (Hiphil) to allay
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | asswaged (1), cease (1), appeased (1), pacified (1), setteth (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | began to subside (1), i will rid (1), had subsided (1), subsided (1), lying in wait (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shakhakh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 8:1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
Numbers
- Numbers 17:5And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
Esther
- Esther 2:1After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
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).