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Strong’s Hebrew

H8257 — shaqa`

The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.

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שָׁקַע

shaqa` — pronounced shaw-kah

(abbreviated Am. 8:8); a primitive root; to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue:--make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.

6 occurrences in the KJV.

Numbers 11:2

And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.

Job 41:1

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Jeremiah 51:64

And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Ezekiel 32:14

Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.

Amos 8:8

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Amos 9:5

And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

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