Strong H8257שָׁקַע
to sink
- Transliteration
- shâqa‛
- Pronunciation
- shaw-kah'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
(Abbreviated in ); a primitive root; to subside; by implication to be {overflowed} cease; causatively to {abate} subdue: - make {deep} let {down} {drown} {quench} sink.
Detailed 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
In the Bible
Strong H8257 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- drown2
- deep1
- quench1
- sink1
- thou1
First verses
- Numbers 11:2And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.
- Job 41:1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
- 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.
- Ezekiel 32:14Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.
- 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.
- 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.