Lexicon :: Strong's H5534 - sāḵar

סָכַר
Transliteration
sāḵar
Pronunciation
saw-kar'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1497,1498

Strong’s Definitions

סָכַר çâkar, saw-kar'; a primitive root; to shut up; by implication, to surrender:—stop, give over. See also H5462, H7936.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H5534 in the following manner: stopped (2x), give over (1x), impoverished.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H5534 in the following manner: stopped (2x), give over (1x), impoverished.

  1. to shut up, stop up

    1. (Niphal) to be stopped, be shut up

    2. (Piel) to shut up, give over

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָכַר çâkar, saw-kar'; a primitive root; to shut up; by implication, to surrender:—stop, give over. See also H5462, H7936.
STRONGS H5534: Abbreviations
† I. [סָכַר] verb shut up, stop up (Aramaic סְכַר, shut up, stop up, dam up; Arabic fill, stop up, dam (river), etc., also also close, stop up door, Lane1390; Assyrian sikêru, dam up, II. 2. stop ears; compare sikkuru, bolt DlHWB 499; apparently kindr. with סגר; — hence Egyptian t’akar, barrier, Bondi88); —
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וגו׳ פִּי יִסָּכֵר Psalm 63:12 [Psalm 63:11] the mouth of liars shall be stopped; 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ Genesis 8:2 (P) and the springs of the deep etc., were shut up.
Pi. Perfect וְסִכַרְתִּ֫י אֶתמִֿצְרַיִם בְּיַד Isaiah 19:4 and I will shut up (deliver) Egypt into the hand of, etc. (compare סגר, מגן).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:2

Psalms

63:11

Isaiah

19:4