H8257 · שָׁקַע
shâqaʻ · shaw-kah' · drown, quench, sink
H8257 (shâqaʻ, pronounced shaw-kah') is the Hebrew word שָׁקַע in Strong’s dictionary: to subside. It appears 5 times in 5 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- שָׁקַע (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- shâqaʻ
- Pronunciation
- shaw-kah'
- Derivation
- (abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;
- Definition
- to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
- Rendered in the KJV
- make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
5 occurrences in 5 verses (4 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “died down” ×1
- “settle” ×1
- “then sinks” ×1
- “will sink” ×1
By book
Numbers 1 · Job 1 · Jeremiah 1 · Ezekiel 1 · Amos 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H8257.