Strong H7918שָׁכַךְ
to subside
- Transliteration
- shâkak
- Pronunciation
- shaw-kak'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to weave (that {is} lay) a trap; figuratively (ghrough the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically abate a flood): - {appease} {assuage} make to {cease} {pacify} set.
Detailed definition
1) to subside, abate, decrease
1a) (Qal) to abate
1b) (Hiphil) to allay
1a) (Qal) to abate
1b) (Hiphil) to allay
In the Bible
Strong H7918 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- appease1
- asswaged1
- cease1
- pacify1
- setteth1
First verses
- 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;
- 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.
- 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.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
- 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.