TBESH · H8257
שָׁקַע · sha.qa · to sink
1) to sink, sink down, subside 1a) (Qal) to sink 1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse 1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle
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sha.qa H8257
שָׁקַע (sha.qa) means “to sink” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
שָׁקַע Hebrew · H8257 6 tagged occurrences in 6 verses
Pronunciation guide: shaw-kah' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
(abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root; to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
KJV glosses: make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
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How translators render H8257
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| died down | 1 |
| settle | 1 |
| then sinks | 1 |
| will sink | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and drowned | 1 |
| and shall be drowned | 1 |
| deep | 1 |
| sink | 1 |
| thou lettest down | 1 |
| was quenched | 1 |
Verses containing H8257
Page 1 of 1. 6 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Numbers 11:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
Read word by word - Job 41:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.25
- Jeremiah 51:64
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 32:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.
Read word by word - Amos 8:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
Read word by word - Amos 9:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
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