H8247 - שָׁקֵד (shâqêd)

H8247 שָׁקֵד (shâqêd) shaw-kade'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

almond

Strong's Definition

the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom)

Derivation: from H8245 (שָׁקַד);

KJV Usage: almond (tree).

TWOT Reference: 2451a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) almond tree, almonds

1a) almond (the nut)

1b) almond-tree

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) almond tree, almonds 1a) almond (the nut) 1b) almond-tree

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁקֵד shâqêd BDB Definition: 1) almond tree, almonds 1a) almond (the nut) 1b) almond-tree Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8245 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2451a Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

43:11

17:8

12:5

1:11

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel said to them, If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man — a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

Numbers 17:8

The next day Moses entered... the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed..., and produced almonds.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

[when] [men] fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels — for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.

Jeremiah 1:11

And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, Jeremiah, what do you see?” I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.