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HebrewH7918Verb

שָׁכַךְ

sha.khakh

4Occurrences
H7918Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to weave (i.e. lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to subside, abate, decrease 1a) (Qal) to abate 1b) (Hiphil) to allay

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

שָׁכַךְ appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Esther
2
Genesis
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

Esther 2:1BSB

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 7:10BSB

So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

Genesis 8:1BSB

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.

Jeremiah 5:26BSB

For among My people are wicked men;they watch like fowlers lying in wait;they set a trap to catch men.

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