Çôk — H5520

Definition

masculine noun

a hut (as of entwined boughs); also a lair

1. thicket, lair, covert, booth

Usually translated as

covert, den, pavilion, tabernacle

Origin

from H5526

• Derived from Çâkak (H5526)

Greek equivalents

• katályma (G2646)
• kládos (G2798)
• skēnḗ (G4633)
• skḗnōma (G4638)
• phortíon (G5413)

Occurrences

Çôk occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (3), Jeremiah (1)

• Psalms 10:9 — He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den (בְסֻכֹּ֗ה): he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
• Psalms 27:5 — For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion (בְּסֻכֹּה֮): in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
• Psalms 76:2 — In Salem also is his tabernacle (סֻכּ֑וֹ), and his dwelling place in Zion.
• Jeremiah 25:38 — He hath forsaken his covert (סֻכּ֑וֹ), as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.