Know the Word.

Hebrew word

shâkak

shaw-kak'

שָׁכַךְ

What it means

to weave a trap

to weave (i.e. lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • cease1
  • appeased1
  • setteth1

Every place it appears 3

Numbers17:5
Esther2:1
Jeremiah5:26