שָׁקַע
shâqaʻ · shaw-kah'
to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
Lexicon
Derivation: (abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;
to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
- to subside
- by implication, to be overflowed, cease
- causatively, to abate, subdue
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to see and know
To consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁקַע 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was quenched1 · 17%
- which thou lettest down1 · 17%
- sink1 · 17%
- deep1 · 17%
- and drowned1 · 17%
- and shall be drowned1 · 17%
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.