Hebrew verb · H5526
סָכַךְ
sakaksaw-kak'
to fence; to cover; to weave; protector; to cover; to weave
24 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: çâkak
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5526is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 24spellings
- 6meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5526
properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
The King James renders it: cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sakak is rendered "to fence; to cover; to weave; protector; to cover; to weave". It stands 24 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists six meanings for it, beginning with "to fence".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 25:20And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.
The first use
And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
Exodus 25:20סֹכְכִ֤ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries six meanings: to fence, and to cover, and to weave, and protector, and to cover, and to weave.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to fenceStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 25:20And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat… |
| to coverStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to weaveStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| protectorStrong's entry D | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to coverStrong's entry E | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to weaveStrong's entry F | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- covering3
- the covers2
- and covering1
- and he covered1
- and he has made inaccessible1
- and he shut off1
- and I will hold1
- and I will provoke1
- and they covered1
- and you may cover1
- and you will cover1
- did you weave together? me1
and 9 more, 24 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
24 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַסּוֹכֵ֑ךְ1
- הַסֹּכֵ֔ךְ1
- הַסֹּכֵֽךְ׃1
- וַיָּ֕סֶךְ1
- וַיָּ֖סֶךְ1
- וַיָּ֣סֶךְ1
- וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ1
- וְסֹכְכִ֖ים1
- וְסִכְסַכְתִּ֤י1
- וְסַכֹּתָ֥1
- וְשַׂכֹּתִ֥י1
- וְתָסֵ֣ךְ1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vhw3ms3Hc/Vhw3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular3HVqp2ms
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HTd/Vqrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2HVqrmpa
- HC/Vhu2ms1HC/Vhu2ms
- Hc/Vpq1cs1Hc/Vpq1cs
- Hc/Vqq1cs1Hc/Vqq1cs
- Hc/Vqq2ms1Hc/Vqq2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HC/Vqrmpa
- Hc/Vqw3mp1Hc/Vqw3mp
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vhcc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HTd/Ncmsa
Exodus
five uses
And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
- סֹכְכִ֤יםsokhekhimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: covering
and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
- וְשַׂכֹּתִ֥יvesakotiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will hold
And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
- סֹֽכְכִ֤יםsokhekhimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: covering
Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
- וְסַכֹּתָ֥vesakotaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will cover
Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- וַיָּ֕סֶךְvaiyasekhHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he covered
Judges
one use
After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
- מֵסִ֥יךְmesikhverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: covering
1 Samuel
one use
Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
- לְהָסֵ֣ךְlehasekhpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cover
1 Kings
one use
For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
- וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּvaiyasokuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they covered
1 Chronicles
one use
the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
- וְסֹכְכִ֖יםvesokhekhimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and covering
Job
four uses
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
- וַיָּ֖סֶךְvaiyasekhHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he has made inaccessible
You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
- תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃tesokhekheniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: did you weave together? me
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
- וַיָּ֣סֶךְvaiyasekhHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he shut off
The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
- יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּyesukuhuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they cover it
Psalms
four uses
But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
- וְתָסֵ֣ךְvetasekhHC/Vhu2mstagged: and you may cover
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
- יָ֣סֶךְyasekhverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will cover
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
- תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִיtesukeniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you wove together me
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
- סַכֹּ֥תָהsakotahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you cover
Isaiah
two uses
The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
- יְסַכְסֵֽךְ׃yesakhsekhverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he provoked
“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
- וְסִכְסַכְתִּ֤יvesikhsakhtiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will provoke
Lamentations
two uses
You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
- סַכֹּ֤תָהsakotahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have covered yourself
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
- סַכּ֤וֹתָהsakotahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have covered
Ezekiel
two uses
You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
- הַסּוֹכֵ֑ךְhasokhekhthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the covers
By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
- הַסֹּכֵ֔ךְhasokhekhthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the covers
Nahum
one use
He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
- הַסֹּכֵֽךְ׃hasokhekhthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the cover
The letters
Gematria 100· 580 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.