Strong's Definition
properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
Derivation: or שָׂכַךְ; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root;
KJV Usage: cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
TWOT Reference: 1475,1492,2259,2260
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סוּךְ (sukh) — to fence. (Qal) to hedge, fence about, shut in
סָכַךְ (sa.khakh) — to cover. 1) to block, overshadow, screen, stop the approach, shut off, cover 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to screen, cover 1a2) to cover oneself 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to screen, cover
סָכַךְ (sa.khakh) — to weave. 1) to weave together 4a) (Qal) to weave together 1b) (Pilpel) to weave, weave together
סֹכֵךְ (so.kh) — protector. protector (participle)
שָׂכַךְ (sa.khakh) — to cover. (Qal) to cover, lay over
שָׂכַךְ (sa.khakh) — to weave. 1) to weave together 1a) (Qal) to weave together 1b) (Pilpel) to weave, weave together
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מוּסָךְ · מָסָךְ · מְסֻכָה · סָךְ · סֹךְ · סֻכָּה · סֹכֵךְ
Cover | verb qal ptc.pass
to cover = state in which a piece of cloth is spread out over a surface
Cover | verb qal, verb hif
to cover, to screen off, to shelter = causative action by which a certain area is covered from above or from the side, ► so as to make it invisible or inaccesible, or to provide shelter for it
EXO 25:20 · EXO 33:22 · EXO 37:9 · EXO 40:3 · EXO 40:21 · 1KI 8:7 · 1CH 28:18 · JOB 40:22 · PSA 91:4 · PSA 140:8 · EZK 28:14 · EZK 28:16
Close | verb hif
to shut in literally: to cover; hence: = action by which deities close an opening with an object to prevent a substance from coming out
Engage | verb qal
to cover onself (with an activity), to engage (in an activity) literally: to cover oneself; hence: = action by which deities engage themselves in a certain activity
Excrete | verb hif
Collocation: סכך רַגְלַיִם
to cover (one's) feet > to relieve oneself literally: to cover (one's) feet; hence: = action by which humans squat down in order to relieve themselves, as a result of which their robe covers their feet
verb
Weave | verb qal, verb pi
to weave = causative action by which humans produce fabric by weaving; ≈ exclusively used in a figurative way for God causing an unborn child to grow in its mother's womb
noun m · סכך
Weapons
protective shield, mantelet literally: covering; hence: = a large protective shield used for covering the soldiers who operated a battering ram, who were exposed to attack from above by the defenders of the city; sometimes the mantelet was part of the mechanism that carried the battering ram; sometimes it was formed by other soldiers who overlapped individual shields above their heads
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[סוּךְ, סִיךְ] vb. hedge, or fence about, shut in base
[סָכַךְ] vb. overshadow, screen, cover Qal screen, cover
reflex. cover oneself
Hiph. screen, cover
Pilp. denom.
base
[סָכַךְ] vb. weave together;—Qal ψ 139:13 ref
סֹכֵךְ n. [m.] protector;—term. techn. of structure shielding stormers of city Na 2:6 ref
[שָׂכַךְ] vb. cover, lay over, so as to screen;—Qal Ex 33:22 (J E). ref
[שָׂכַךְ] vb. weave; Po‛lel Jb 10:11 ref