Word Study · Strong's H8247 · Hebrew
שָׁקֵד
shaqed
shaw-kade'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâqêd
“the almond (tree or nut”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom)
Rendered in the KJV as
almond (tree).
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַשָּׁקֵד֙1
- וּשְׁקֵדִֽים׃1
- שָׁקֵ֖ד1
- שְׁקֵדִֽים׃1
How it is rendered · 4
- almonds1
- an almond tree1
- and almonds1
- the almond tree1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
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