Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7918
שָׁכַךְ
sha.khakh · “to subside”
Used 5 times across 4 books
Definition
1) to subside, abate, decrease
1a) (Qal) to abate
1b) (Hiphil) to allay
1a) (Qal) to abate
1b) (Hiphil) to allay
Where it appears
Genesis1
Numbers1
Esther2
Jeremiah1
In the text
Genesis 8:1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;Numbers 17:20Esther 2:1After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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