Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5520 |
|---|---|
| Word: | סוֹך |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H5526 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | cok |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | soke |
| Meaning: | 1. a hut (as of entwined boughs) 2. also a lair |
| KJV Renderings: | covert, den, pavilion, tabernacle. |
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[סֹךְ] noun [masculine] thicket, covert, lair; — only suffix סֻכּוֺ Jer 25:38 lair of ׳ י, under figure of lion (but Gie סֻבְּכוֺ compare Jer 4:7), סֻכֹּה Ps 10:9 of lion (simile of wicked; Bae סֻכָּה; Lag Che We סֻבְּכוֺ); סוּכּוֺ Ps 76:3 his covert (of ׳ י under figure of lion; || מְעוֺנָתוֺ); for סֻכֹּה in his covert Ps 27:5 Qr read perhaps, with Kt סֻכָּה a booth (Ol Hup-Now Bae compare Ps 31:21).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
