שְׁכַח
shᵉkach · shek-akh'
to discover (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7911 (שָׁכַח) through the idea of disclosure of a covered or forgotten thing;
to discover (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: find.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › to separate and protect
To consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁכַח 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was found4 · 22%
- find2 · 11%
- so shalt thou find1 · 6%
- hath been made, and it is found1 · 6%
- and there was found1 · 6%
- that thou canst find1 · 6%
- unto him, i have found1 · 6%
- were found1 · 6%
- is found1 · 6%
- and art found1 · 6%
- to find1 · 6%
- found1 · 6%
- we find1 · 6%
- and found1 · 6%
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.