7834. shachaq

Strong's Concordance

shachaq: dust, cloud

Original Word: שַׁחַק
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: shachaq
Phonetic Spelling: (shakh'-ak)
Definition: dust, cloud

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from shachaq
Definition
dust, cloud
NASB Translation
clouds (6), skies (12), sky (2), speck of dust (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שַׁ֫חַק noun masculine^{Prov 9:20} dust, cloud (as fine, thin); — ׳שׁ absolute Psalm 89:7; Psalm 89:38, construct Isaiah 40:15; plural שְׁחָקִים Deuteronomy 33:25 +; —

1 fine dust, מאֹזְנַיִם ׳שׁ Isaiah 40:15 (simile of insignificance).

2 (thin) cloud, usually plural (often "" שָׁמַיִם), Deuteronomy 33:26 (poem), Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 51:9; Job 35:5; Job 36:28; Job 37:21; Job 38:37; Psalm 36:6; Psalm 57:11; Psalm 68:35; Psalm 77:18; Psalm 78:23; Psalm 108:5; opposed to תְּהוֺם Proverbs 3:20; Proverbs 8:28; ׳עָבֵי שׁ 2 Samuel 22:12 = Psalm 18:12; = heavens, sky Job 37:18 (with חִרְקִיעַ), and (singular) Psalm 89:7; Psalm 89:38.

שִׁחֹר see שִׁיחוֺר.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cloud, small dust, heaven, sky

From shachaq; a powder (as beaten small): by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament -- cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.

see HEBREW shachaq

Forms and Transliterations

בַ֭שַּׁחַק בַּ֝שַּׁ֗חַק בַּשְּׁחָקִ֑ים בַּשְּׁחָקִֽים׃ בשחק בשחקים בשחקים׃ וּ֝שְׁחָקִ֗ים וּכְשַׁ֥חַק וּשְׁחָקִ֖ים וכשחק ושחקים חקים לִשְׁחָקִ֑ים לשחקים שְׁ֝חָקִ֗ים שְׁחָקִ֑ים שְׁחָקִ֣ים שְׁחָקִ֥ים שְׁחָקִֽים׃ שחקים שחקים׃ baš·ša·ḥaq ḇaš·ša·ḥaq baš·šə·ḥā·qîm bashShachak bashshechaKim baššaḥaq ḇaššaḥaq baššəḥāqîm chaKim ḥā·qîm ḥāqîm liš·ḥā·qîm lišḥāqîm lishchaKim šə·ḥā·qîm šəḥāqîm shechaKim ū·ḵə·ša·ḥaq ū·šə·ḥā·qîm ucheShachak ūḵəšaḥaq ūšəḥāqîm ushechaKim Vashshachak

Englishman's Concordance

Deuteronomy 33:26
HEB: בְעֶזְרֶ֔ךָ וּבְגַאֲוָת֖וֹ שְׁחָקִֽים׃
NAS: to your help, And through the skies in His majesty.
KJV: and in his excellency on the sky.
INT: to your help his majesty the skies

2 Samuel 22:12
HEB: מַ֖יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃
NAS: of waters, thick clouds of the sky.
KJV: [and] thick clouds of the skies.
INT: of waters thick of the sky

Job 35:5
HEB: וּרְאֵ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּר שְׁ֝חָקִ֗ים גָּבְה֥וּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃
NAS: And behold the clouds-- they are higher
KJV: and behold the clouds [which] are higher
INT: and see and behold the clouds are higher than

Job 36:28
HEB: אֲשֶֽׁר־ יִזְּל֥וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּ עֲלֵ֤י ׀
NAS: Which the clouds pour down, They drip
KJV: Which the clouds do drop [and] distil
INT: Which pour the clouds drip upon

Job 37:18
HEB: תַּרְקִ֣יעַ עִ֭מּוֹ לִשְׁחָקִ֑ים חֲ֝זָקִ֗ים כִּרְאִ֥י
NAS: Can you, with Him, spread out the skies, Strong
KJV: Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong,
INT: spread out the skies Strong looking glass

Job 37:21
HEB: בָּהִ֣יר ה֭וּא בַּשְּׁחָקִ֑ים וְר֥וּחַ עָ֝בְרָ֗ה
NAS: is bright in the skies; But the wind
KJV: light which [is] in the clouds: but the wind
INT: is bright which the skies the wind has passed

Job 38:37
HEB: מִֽי־ יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים בְּחָכְמָ֑ה וְנִבְלֵ֥י
NAS: can count the clouds by wisdom,
KJV: Who can number the clouds in wisdom?
INT: Who count the clouds wisdom the water

Psalm 18:11
HEB: מַ֝֗יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃
NAS: of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
KJV: [and] thick clouds of the skies.
INT: of waters thick of the skies

Psalm 36:5
HEB: אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ עַד־ שְׁחָקִֽים׃
NAS: Your faithfulness [reaches] to the skies.
KJV: [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.
INT: your faithfulness to the skies

Psalm 57:10
HEB: חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְֽעַד־ שְׁחָקִ֥ים אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃
NAS: And Your truth to the clouds.
KJV: and thy truth unto the clouds.
INT: your lovingkindness against to the clouds and your truth

Psalm 68:34
HEB: גַּאֲוָת֑וֹ וְ֝עֻזּ֗וֹ בַּשְּׁחָקִֽים׃
NAS: And His strength is in the skies.
KJV: and his strength [is] in the clouds.
INT: his majesty and his strength the skies

Psalm 77:17
HEB: ק֭וֹל נָתְנ֣וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים אַף־ חֲ֝צָצֶ֗יךָ
NAS: out water; The skies gave
KJV: water: the skies sent out
INT: A sound gave the skies yet arrows

Psalm 78:23
HEB: וַיְצַ֣ו שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל וְדַלְתֵ֖י
NAS: Yet He commanded the clouds above
KJV: Though he had commanded the clouds from above,
INT: commanded the clouds above the doors

Psalm 89:6
HEB: כִּ֤י מִ֣י בַ֭שַּׁחַק יַעֲרֹ֣ךְ לַיהוָ֑ה
NAS: For who in the skies is comparable
KJV: For who in the heaven can be compared
INT: For who the skies is comparable the LORD

Psalm 89:37
HEB: עוֹלָ֑ם וְעֵ֥ד בַּ֝שַּׁ֗חַק נֶאֱמָ֥ן סֶֽלָה׃
NAS: And the witness in the sky is faithful.
KJV: witness in heaven. Selah.
INT: forever and the witness the sky is faithful Selah

Psalm 108:4
HEB: חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְֽעַד־ שְׁחָקִ֥ים אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃
NAS: And Your truth [reaches] to the skies.
KJV: and thy truth [reacheth] unto the clouds.
INT: your lovingkindness to the skies and your truth

Proverbs 3:20
HEB: תְּהוֹמ֣וֹת נִבְקָ֑עוּ וּ֝שְׁחָקִ֗ים יִרְעֲפוּ־ טָֽל׃
NAS: were broken up And the skies drip
KJV: are broken up, and the clouds drop down
INT: the deeps were broken and the skies drip dew

Proverbs 8:28
HEB: בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹ שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז
NAS: When He made firm the skies above,
KJV: When he established the clouds above:
INT: made the skies above became

Isaiah 40:15
HEB: כְּמַ֣ר מִדְּלִ֔י וּכְשַׁ֥חַק מֹאזְנַ֖יִם נֶחְשָׁ֑בוּ
NAS: And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales;
KJV: and are counted as the small dust of the balance:
INT: A drop A bucket A speck the scales regarded

Isaiah 45:8
HEB: שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִמַּ֔עַל וּשְׁחָקִ֖ים יִזְּלוּ־ צֶ֑דֶק
NAS: from above, And let the clouds pour down
KJV: from above, and let the skies pour down
INT: heavens above the clouds pour righteousness

Jeremiah 51:9
HEB: וְנִשָּׂ֖א עַד־ שְׁחָקִֽים׃
NAS: And towers up to the very skies.
KJV: and is lifted up [even] to the skies.
INT: and towers to the very skies

21 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7834
21 Occurrences

baš·ša·ḥaq — 1 Occ.
baš·šə·ḥā·qîm — 2 Occ.
ḥā·qîm — 1 Occ.
liš·ḥā·qîm — 1 Occ.
šə·ḥā·qîm — 12 Occ.
ū·ḵə·ša·ḥaq — 1 Occ.
ū·šə·ḥā·qîm — 2 Occ.
ḇaš·ša·ḥaq — 1 Occ.