Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7918: שָׁכַךְ

shâkak · pronounced shaw-kak' · “to subside”

Definition

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

KJV translates it as: appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

1) to subside, abate, decrease
1a) (Qal) to abate
1b) (Hiphil) to allay

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7918 is translated

  • they subsided ×1
  • i will put an end to ×1
  • subsided ×1
  • it subsided ×1
  • bend ×1

Bible verses with H7918 (shâkak)

Shâkak appears in 5 verses.

  • Genesis 8:1

    And 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 17:5

    And 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 2:1

    After 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 7:10

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

  • Jeremiah 5:26

    For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.