סָכַךְ
çâkak · saw-kak'
properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
Lexicon
Derivation: or שָׂכַךְ; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root;
properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
- properly, to entwine as ascreen
- by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the open hand that covers › the open hand that covers
To support and uphold of the open hand that covers of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָכַךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thou hast covered4 · 17%
- and covered2 · 8%
- covering1 · 4%
- and will cover1 · 4%
- and cover1 · 4%
- surely he covereth1 · 4%
- to cover1 · 4%
- covered1 · 4%
- their wings, and covered1 · 4%
- hath hedged in1 · 4%
- or who shut up1 · 4%
- cover1 · 4%
- because thou defendest1 · 4%
- he shall cover1 · 4%
- against him, and join1 · 4%
- together1 · 4%
- and i will set1 · 4%
- that covereth1 · 4%
- thee, o covering1 · 4%
- thereof, and the defence1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.