Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H7912
שְׁכַח
shekachshek-akh'
to find
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shᵉkach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7912is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7912
to discover (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: find.
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
shekach is rendered "to find". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:15that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
Ezra 4:15וּ֠תְהַשְׁכַּח
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- it was found7
- and they found2
- to find2
- and it was found1
- and you have been found1
- I have found1
- so you may find1
- we have found1
- we will find1
- you will find1
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 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 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
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת2
- הַשְׁכַּ֥חְנָֽה1
- הַשְׁכַּ֤חַת1
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח1
- הִשְׁתֲּכַ֣ח1
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֤חַת1
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַת1
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֖חַת1
- וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּ1
- וְהַשְׁכַּ֔חוּ1
- וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח1
- וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַתְּ1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular5AVup3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2AC/Vhp3mp
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)2AR/Vhcc
- verb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2AVup3ms
- AC/Vhu2ms1AC/Vhu2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1AC/Vup2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1AC/Vup3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common plural1AVhi1cp
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1AVhi2ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural1AVhp1cp
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1AVhp1cs
Ezra
four uses
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- וּ֠תְהַשְׁכַּחutehashkachAC/Vhu2mstagged: so you may find
I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.
- וְהַשְׁכַּ֔חוּvehashkachuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and they found
And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
- וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣חvehishtekhachconjunction (“and”) + verb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and it was found
together with all the silver and gold you may find in all the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.
- תְהַשְׁכַּ֔חtehashkachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will find
Daniel
fourteen uses
Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”
- הַשְׁכַּ֤חַתhashkachatverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have found
Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
- הִשְׁתֲּכַ֣חhishtakhachverb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was found
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַתhishtekhachatverb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was found
did this because Daniel, the one he named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordinary spirit, as well as knowledge, understanding, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Summon Daniel, therefore, and he will give you the interpretation.”
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֤חַתhishtekhachatverb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was found
I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you have insight, intelligence, and extraordinary wisdom.
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַתhishtekhachatverb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was found
TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
- וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַתְּvehishtekhachatconjunction (“and”) + verb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and you have been found
Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.
- לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֥הlehashkachahpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to find
- לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֗הlehashkachahpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to find
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֖חַתhishtekhachatverb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was found
Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
- נְהַשְׁכַּ֛חnehashkachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will find
- הַשְׁכַּ֥חְנָֽהhashkachnahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have found
Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.
- וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּvehashkachuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and they found
My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַתhishtekhachatverb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was found
The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den, and when Daniel was lifted out of the den, no wounds whatsoever were found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
- הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חhishtekhachverb · hothpaal, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was found
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.
