Definition
a primitive root; to weave (i.e. lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood)
Traditional renderings: appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.
Traditional renderings: appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁכַךְ:
- κοπάζωkopazō“to abate”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Genesis 8:1וַיָּשֹׁ֖כּוּ · began to subsideBut God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
- Numbers 17:5וַהֲשִׁכֹּתִ֣י · and I will ridThe staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
- Esther 2:1כְּשֹׁ֕ךְ · had subsidedSome time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
- Esther 7:10שָׁכָֽכָה׃פ · subsidedSo they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Jeremiah 5:26כְּשַׁ֣ךְ · lying in waitFor among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.