Quick Definition
to sink
Strong's Definition
to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
Derivation: (abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;
KJV Usage: make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
TWOT Reference: 2456
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to sink, sink down, subside
1a) (Qal) to sink
1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse
1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to sink, sink down, subside
1a) (Qal) to sink
1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse
1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁקַע
shâqa‛
BDB Definition:
1) to sink, sink down, subside
1a) (Qal) to sink
1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse
1c) (Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2456
Total KJV Occurrences: 5