Quick Definition
to sink
Strong's Definition
to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
Derivation: (abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;
KJV Usage: make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
TWOT Reference: 2456
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
שָׁקַע (sha.qa) — to sink. 1) to sink, sink down, subside 1a) (Qal) to sink 1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse 1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִשְׁקָע
Low | verb nif, verb qal
to sink = process by which an object drops down to a lower level
Low | verb hif
to press down = causative action by which humans cause an object to drop down to a lower level
JOB 40:25
Lax | verb qal
to abate literally: to sink; hence: = process by which an event is reduced in intensity
Lax | verb hif
to cause to abate to cause to sink; hence: = causative process by which deities cause the movement of an object to be reduced in intensity
Insignificant | ≠ קום
to sink literally: to sink; hence: = process by which a person or place loses its status
1 AMO 8:8 MT-K ונשׁקה | MT-Q נִשְׁקְעָה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁקַע] vb. sink, sink down Qal it shall sink; it sank down
Niph. sink
Hiph. I will make their waters sink
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