Strong's Hebrew · H5526
H5526 çâkak
סָכַךְ
saw-kak'
to fence
Looking for Greek G5526 chortázō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H5526. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
çâkak appears 24 times in Scripture, including Exodus 25:20 and Judges 3:24. 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
properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
In the King James Version
cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
Derivation
or שָׂכַךְ; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root;
Appears 24 times in Scripture
“He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.”
“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.”
“Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.”
“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.”
“For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.”
“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.”
“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.”
“And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.”
“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.”
“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.”
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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).
