Shaqa שָׁקַע
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| שָׁקַע | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shaqa |
| Strong's number | H8257 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to sink |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Amos (2) |
Shaqa (Hebrew שָׁקַע, Strong's H8257) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to sink”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to sink, sink down, subside
1a) (Qal) to sink
1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse
1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle
1a) (Qal) to sink
1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse
1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | drowned (2), quenched (1), down (1), sink (1), deep (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | died down (1), will sink (1), settle (1), sinks (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shaqa, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 11:2And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
Job
- Job 41:1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 51:64And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 32:14Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.
Amos
- Amos 8:8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
- Amos 9:5And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
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).