סָכַךְ sakhakh
Hebrew word for “to cover” · Strong’s H5526 · used 24 times in 24 verses
Meaning
1) to block, overshadow, screen, stop the approach, shut off, cover;
Senses in the lexicon
- to cover (18)
- to fence (2)
- to cover (1)
- to weave (1)
- to weave (1)
- protector (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for sakhakh in context, with how often each is used:
- covering 4
- cover 4
- will cover 2
- covered 2
- one which covers 2
- may cover 1
- provoked 1
- will provoke 1
- have covered yourself 1
- have covered 1
- has made inaccessible 1
- shut off 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Job | 4 | 0.5 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 40 (2), Lamentations 3 (2), Ezekiel 28 (2), Exodus 25 (1), Exodus 33 (1), Exodus 37 (1), Judges 3 (1), 1 Samuel 24 (1), 1 Kings 8 (1), 1 Chronicles 28 (1)
Forms
- ויסך 3
- סככים 2
- סכתה 2
- הסכך 2
- וסכת 1
- מסיך 1
- להסך 1
- ויסכו 1
- וסככים 1
- יסכהו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with sakhakh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כְּרוּב keruv “cherub” 6
- פָּרַשׂ paras “to spread” 4
- כָּנָף kanaph “wing” 4
- אֲרוֹן aron “ark” 4
- מַעַל maal “above” 3
- כַּפֹּרֶת kapporet “mercy seat” 2
- פָּרֹכֶת porekhet “curtain” 2
- חָסָה chasah “to seek refuge” 2
- עֵדוּת edut “testimony” 2
- דֶּלֶת delet “door” 2
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 3
- אָח ach “brother” 3
Key verses
The verses using sakhakh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 25:20 — And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the…
- Exodus 37:9 — And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward…
- Exodus 40:3 — And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
- 1 Chronicles 28:18 — And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark…
- Job 38:8 — Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
- Psalms 5:11 — But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in…
- Psalms 91:4 — He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
- Psalms 139:13 — For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
- Psalms 140:7 — O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
- Isaiah 19:2 — And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city,…
- Ezekiel 28:14 — Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the…
- Ezekiel 28:16 — By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the…
See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.