Word Study · Strong's H5521 · Hebrew
סֻכָּה
sukkah
sook-kaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çukkâh
“a hut or lair”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a hut or lair
Rendered in the KJV as
booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.
- 31occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 14 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 26inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 31 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 26
- הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃5
- בַּסֻּכּ֗וֹת2
- בְּסֻכָּ֗ה1
- בַסֻּכָּ֣ה1
- בַסֻּכּ֗וֹת1
- בַסֻּכּוֹת֒1
- בַּסֻּכּ֑וֹת1
- בַּסֻּכּ֛וֹת1
- בַּסֻּכֹּ֥ת1
- בַּסֻּכֹּֽת׃1
- הַסֻּכּ֛וֹת1
- הַסֻּכּ֑וֹת1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- in the booths8
- the booths6
- booths3
- the Tabernacles3
- shelters2
- [the] booth of1
- a shelter1
- and a shelter1
- and like a shelter1
- canopy his1
- in a shelter1
- in the thicket1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural9
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural8
- noun · feminine plural5
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfpa · 9
- HRd/Ncfpa · 8
- HNcfpa · 5
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HR/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HC/R/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcfsc · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 31, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Nehemiah5 of 31 · 16%
- Leviticus4 of 31 · 13%
- Deuteronomy3 of 31 · 10%
- Job3 of 31 · 10%
- Zechariah3 of 31 · 10%
Nehemiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus4 occurrences
- Leviticus 23:34הַסֻּכּ֛וֹתhasukotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.here: the booths
- Leviticus 23:42בַּסֻּכֹּ֥תbasukotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralYou are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,here: in the booths
- Leviticus 23:42בַּסֻּכֹּֽת׃basukotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralYou are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,here: in the booths
- Leviticus 23:43בַסֻּכּ֗וֹתvasukotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralso that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”here: in the booths
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 16:13הַסֻּכֹּ֛תhasukotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralYou are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.here: the booths
- Deuteronomy 16:16הַסֻּכּ֑וֹתhasukotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThree times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.here: the booths
- Deuteronomy 31:10הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃hasukotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThen Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,here: the booths
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 11:11בַּסֻּכּ֗וֹתbasukotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralUriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”here: in the booths
- 2 Samuel 22:12סֻכּ֑וֹתsukotnoun · feminine pluralHe made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.here: shelters
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 20:12בַּסֻּכּ֑וֹתbasukotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralBen-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.here: in the booths
- 1 Kings 20:16בַּסֻּכּ֗וֹתbasukotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralThey marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.here: in the booths
Nehemiah5 occurrences
- Nehemiah 8:14בַּסֻּכּ֛וֹתbasukotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralAnd they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month.here: in the booths
- Nehemiah 8:15סֻכֹּ֖תsukotnoun · feminine pluralSo they proclaimed this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”here: booths
- Nehemiah 8:16סֻכּ֜וֹתsukotnoun · feminine pluralAnd the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.here: booths
- Nehemiah 8:17סֻכּוֹת֮sukotnoun · feminine pluralThe whole assembly who had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.here: booths
- Nehemiah 8:17בַסֻּכּוֹת֒vasukotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralThe whole assembly who had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.here: in the booths
Job3 occurrences
- Job 27:18וּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗הukhesukahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singularThe house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.here: and like a shelter
- Job 36:29סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃sukatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularFurthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?here: pavilion his
- Job 38:40בַסֻּכָּ֣הvasukahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularwhen they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?here: in the thicket
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 18:11סֻכָּת֑וֹsukatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.here: canopy his
- Psalms 31:20בְּסֻכָּ֗הbesukahpreposition + noun · feminine singularYou hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.here: in a shelter
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:8כְּסֻכָּ֣הkesukahpreposition + noun · feminine singularAnd the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.here: like a shelter
- Isaiah 4:6וְסֻכָּ֛הvesukahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulara shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.here: and a shelter
Zechariah3 occurrences
- Zechariah 14:16הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃hasukotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThen all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.here: the Tabernacles
- Zechariah 14:18הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃hasukotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAnd if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.here: the Tabernacles
- Zechariah 14:19הַסֻּכּֽוֹת׃hasukotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThis will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.here: the Tabernacles