שָׁכַךְshâkak

decrease, abate

Pronunciation: shaw-kak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7918

Meanings

Qal: abated (Genesis 8:1; Esther 2:1; Esther 7:10)

Hiph`il: I will allay from upon me the murmurings (Numbers 17:20)

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede.
  • Numbers 17:5 Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the people’s murmuring and complaining against you.”
  • Esther 2:1 But after Xerxes’ anger had subsided, he began thinking about Vashti and what she had done and the decree he had made.
  • Esther 7:10 So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.
  • Jeremiah 5:26 “Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind. They continually set traps to catch people.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).