Word Study · Strong's H8246 · Hebrew
שָׁקַד
shaqad
shaw-kad'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâqad
“to be (intensively, make) almond-shaped”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be (intensively, make) almond-shaped
Rendered in the KJV as
make like (unto, after the fashion of) almonds.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- מְֽשֻׁקָּדִ֞ים2
- מְשֻׁקָּדִ֛ים2
- מְשֻׁקָּדִ֔ים1
- מְשֻׁ֨קָּדִ֔ים1
How it is rendered · 1
- shaped like almond blossoms6
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- verb · intensive passive (pual), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural6
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- HVPrmpa · 6
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The ledger of occurrences
Exodus6 occurrences
- Exodus 25:33מְֽשֻׁקָּדִ֞יםmeshukadimverb · intensive passive (pual), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThere are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.here: shaped like almond blossoms
- Exodus 25:33מְשֻׁקָּדִ֛יםmeshukadimverb · intensive passive (pual), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThere are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.here: shaped like almond blossoms
- Exodus 25:34מְשֻׁקָּדִ֔יםmeshukadimverb · intensive passive (pual), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.here: shaped like almond blossoms
- Exodus 37:19מְֽשֻׁקָּדִ֞יםmeshukadimverb · intensive passive (pual), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThere were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.here: shaped like almond blossoms
- Exodus 37:19מְשֻׁקָּדִ֛יםmeshukadimverb · intensive passive (pual), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThere were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.here: shaped like almond blossoms
- Exodus 37:20מְשֻׁ֨קָּדִ֔יםmeshukadimverb · intensive passive (pual), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.here: shaped like almond blossoms
Same headword in Strong's