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שָׁקַע
shâqaʻ(shaw-kah')

to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue

6 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word

Definition

From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)

Strong’s Definition

to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue

Translated in KJV as

make deeplet downdrownquenchsink.

Etymology

(abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;

All Occurrences(6)