Strong's Hebrew · H5520

H5520 çôk

סֹךְ

soke

lair

Looking for Greek G5520 choláō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H5520. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

çôk appears 4 times in Scripture, in Psalms and Jeremiah. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a hut (as of entwined boughs); also a lair

In the King James Version

covert, den, pavilion, tabernacle.

Derivation

from H5526 (סָכַךְ);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Psalms 76:2

“His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.”

Jeremiah 25:38

“He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

Psalms 10:9

“He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.”

Psalms 27:5

“For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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