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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5534 - סָכַר

Transliteration

çâkar

Phonetics

saw-kar'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1497,1498

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to shut up, stop up
1. (Niphal) to be stopped, be shut up
2. (Piel) to shut up, give over

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3860 ‑ παραδίδωμι (par‑ad‑id'‑o‑mee);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Genesis 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

BSB (3)

Genesis 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

CSB (3)

Genesis 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

ESV (3)

Genesis 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

KJV (4)

Genesis 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

LEB (3)

Genesis 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

Genesis 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2467) r c x (סגר SGR) AC: Shut CO: Cage AB: ?: [from: kx- an enclosure]

V) r c x (סגר SGR) - Shut: To shut or clse. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: rkV] KJV (96): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual, Piel) shut, deliver, pure, give, inclose, repair, close, stop, strait, together - Strongs: H5462 (סָגַר), H5463 (סְגַר), H5534 (סָכַר)

a^m ) r c x m (מסגר MSGR) - I. Prison:A place for shutting up. II. Smith:As one who makes shackles for prisoners. KJV (7): smith, prison - Strongs: H4525 (מַסְגֵּר)

c^m) r f c x (סגור SGWR) - I. Enclosure:As shut in. II. Gold:[Unknown connection to root;] KJV (2): gold, caul - Strongs: H5458 (סְגוֹר)

h^f2) t r c x m (מסגרת MSGRT) - Border: The area that encloses a people. KJV (17): border, close, hole - Strongs: H4526 (מִסְגֶּרֶת)

o^m) r c f x (סוגר SWGR) - Cage: As shut in. KJV (1): ward - Strongs: H5474 (סוּגַר)

lb^m) r i r c x (סגריר SGRYR) - Heavy rain: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (1): rainy - Strongs: H5464 (סַגְרִיר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [סָכַר] verb shut up, stop up (Aramaic סְכַר,

shut up, stop up, dam up; Arabic

fill, stop up, dam (river), etc., also also close, stop up door, Lane¹³⁹⁰; Assyrian sikêru, dam up, II:2. stop ears; compare sikkuru, bolt Dl^{HWB 499}; apparently kindr. with סגר; — hence Egyptian t&213;akar, barrier, Bondi⁸⁸); —

Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ׳יִסָּכֵר מִּי וגו Psalm 63:12 the mouth of liars shall be stopped; 3 masculine plural וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ Genesis 8:2 (P) and the springs of the deep etc., were shut up.

Pi`el Perfect וְסִכַרְתִּ֫י אֶתמִֿצְרַיִם בְּיַד Isaiah 19:4 and I will shut up (deliver) Egypt into the hand of, etc. (compare סגר, מגן).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

סָכַר not used in Kal, i.q. סָנַר to shut (Syr. and Arab. ܣܟܰܪ, سكر id.).

Niphal, to be shut up, Genesis 8:2 Ps. 63:12.

Piel, i.q. סִגֵּר and הִסְגִּיר to give over, to deliver, Isaiah 19:4.

II. סָכַר i.q. שָׂכַר to hire, Ezra 4:5.

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List of Word Forms

וְסִכַּרְתִּי֙ וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙ ויסכרו וסכרתי יִ֝סָּכֵ֗ר יסכר vaiyissacheRu vesikkarTi way·yis·sā·ḵə·rū wayyissāḵərū wə·sik·kar·tî wəsikkartî yis·sā·ḵêr yissaCher yissāḵêr