Shâqaʻ — H8257

Definition

verb

to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue

1. to sink, sink down, subside
1. (Qal) to sink
2. (Niphal) to sink, collapse
3. (Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle

Usually translated as

make deep, sink, let down, drown, quench

Origin

(abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• hēsycházō (G2270)
• katabaínō (G2597)
• kopázō (G2869)

Occurrences

Shâqaʻ occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Job (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Amos (2)

• Numbers 11:2 — And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched (וַתִּשְׁקַ֖ע).
• Job 41:1 — Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down (תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַ)?
• Jeremiah 51:64 — And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink (תִּשְׁקַ֨ע), 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 (אַשְׁקִ֣יעַ), 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 (וְנִשְׁקְעָ֖ה), 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 (וְשָׁקְעָ֖ה), as by the flood of Egypt.