Quick Definition
to stop
Strong's Definition
to shut up; by implication, to surrender
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: stop, give over. See also H5462 (סָגַר), H7936 (שָׂכַר).
TWOT Reference: 1497,1498
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
סָכַר (sa.khar) — to stop. 1) to shut up, stop up 1a) (Niphal) to be stopped, be shut up 1b) (Piel) to shut up, give over
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Close | verb nif
to be closed, to be shut = process by which a physical opening is closed
GEN 8:2 · PSA 63:12
verb
Hire | verb qal | ≈ שׂכר
to hire = causative action by which humans obtain the service of other humans for a limited amount of time and in return for payment
verb
Control | verb pi
Collocation: סכר בְּיָד
to deliver, to hand over literally: to give in the hand (of someone else); hence: = causative action by which deities give humans control over other humans
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[סָכַר] vb. shut up, stop up Niph. the mouth of liars shall be stopped
Pi. and I will shut up (deliver) Egypt into the hand of
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