H8246: שָׁקַד
shâqad · pronounced shaw-kad' · “be almond shaped”
Definition
to be (intensively, make) almond-shaped
KJV translates it as: make like (unto, after the fashion of) almonds.
Word origin: a denominative from H8247 (שָׁקֵד);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8246 is translated
- shaped like almond blossoms ×6
Bible verses with H8246 (shâqad)
Shâqad appears in 4 verses.
- Exodus 25:33
Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
- Exodus 25:34
And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
- Exodus 37:19
Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
- Exodus 37:20
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: