שָׁקַט
shâqaṭ · shaw-kat'
to repose (usually figurative)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to repose (usually figurative)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to surround and contain
To consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁקַט 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
41 occurrences · 41 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- had rest5 · 16%
- was quiet4 · 13%
- rested1 · 3%
- was in quietness1 · 3%
- quiet1 · 3%
- that were at quiet1 · 3%
- will not be in rest1 · 3%
- was in quiet1 · 3%
- and quiet1 · 3%
- and been quiet1 · 3%
- neither had i rest1 · 3%
- when he giveth quietness1 · 3%
- when he quieteth1 · 3%
- and was still1 · 3%
- and be not still1 · 3%
- that thou mayest give him rest1 · 3%
- appeaseth1 · 3%
- and be quiet1 · 3%
- and is quiet1 · 3%
- unto me, i will take my rest1 · 3%
- in quietness1 · 3%
- quietness1 · 3%
- rest1 · 3%
- sake i will not rest1 · 3%
- and shall be in rest1 · 3%
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.