סוּךְ

sukhto fenceHow to read Hebrew
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Definition

or שָׂכַךְ; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root; properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
Traditional renderings: cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סוּךְ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

24 total
  1. Exodus 25:20סֹכְכִ֤ים · overshadowing
    And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
  2. Exodus 33:22וְשַׂכֹּתִ֥י · and cover you
    …and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
  3. Exodus 37:9סֹֽכְכִ֤ים · overshadowing
    And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
  4. Exodus 40:3וְסַכֹּתָ֥ · and screen
    Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
  5. Exodus 40:21וַיָּ֕סֶךְ · and shielded
    Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
  6. Judges 3:24מֵסִ֥יךְ · relieving himself
    After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
  7. 1 Samuel 24:3לְהָסֵ֣ךְ · to relieve
    Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
  8. 1 Kings 8:7וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ · and overshadowed
    For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
  9. 1 Chronicles 28:18וְסֹכְכִ֖ים · and overshadowed
    …the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
  10. Job 3:23וַיָּ֖סֶךְ · has hedged in
    Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
  11. Job 10:11תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃ · and knit me together
    You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
  12. Job 38:8וַיָּ֣סֶךְ · Who enclosed
    Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
  13. Job 40:22יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּ · conceal him
    The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
  14. Psalm 5:11וְתָסֵ֣ךְ · May You shelter
    But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
  15. Psalm 91:4יָ֣סֶךְ · He will cover
    He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
  16. Psalm 139:13תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי · You knit me together
    For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
  17. Psalm 140:7סַכֹּ֥תָה · You shield
    O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
  18. Isaiah 9:11יְסַכְסֵֽךְ׃ · and joined
    The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
  19. Isaiah 19:2וְסִכְסַכְתִּ֤י · So I will incite
    “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
  20. Lamentations 3:43סַכֹּ֤תָה · You have covered
    You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
  21. Lamentations 3:44סַכּ֤וֹתָה · You have covered
    You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
  22. Ezekiel 28:14הַסּוֹכֵ֑ךְ · as a guardian
    You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
  23. Ezekiel 28:16הַסֹּכֵ֔ךְ · O guardian
    By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
  24. Nahum 2:5הַסֹּכֵֽךְ׃ · the protective shield
    He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.