Strong's Hebrew · H8257
שָׁקַע
shâqaʻ · shaw-kah'
Definitionto subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
Derivation(abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;
KJV usagemake deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
Occurrences6 in the KJV · 6 verses
שָׁקַע in Scripture
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.