H8257: שָׁקַע
shâqaʻ · pronounced shaw-kah' · “to sink”
Definition
to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
KJV translates it as: make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
Word origin: (abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to sink
1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse
1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8257 is translated
- it will sink ×2
- it died out ×1
- will you hold down? ×1
- i will make settle ×1
- it sinks ×1
Bible verses with H8257 (shâqaʻ)
Shâqaʻ appears in 6 verses.
- Numbers 11:2
And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.
- Job 41:1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
- Jeremiah 51:64
And 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 32:14
Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.
- Amos 8:8
Shall 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 9:5
And 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.