Know the Word.

Hebrew word

shâqaʻ

shaw-kah'

שָׁקַע

What it means

to subside

to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue

Where it comes from

(abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • drowned2
  • sink1
  • deep1

Every place it appears 4

Jeremiah51:64
Ezekiel32:14
Amos8:89:5
shâqaʻ — Hebrew word meaning “to subside”