שַׁחַק shachaq
Hebrew word for “cloud” · Strong’s H7834 · used 21 times in 21 verses
Meaning
1) dust, cloud; 1a) fine dust; 1b) (thin) cloud
How it is translated
Glosses given for shachaq in context, with how often each is used:
- clouds 20
- like the dust 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Job | 5 | 0.6 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Job 37 (2), Psalms 89 (2), Deuteronomy 33 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 35 (1), Job 36 (1), Job 38 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 36 (1), Psalms 57 (1)
Forms
- שׁחקים 13
- בשׁחקים 2
- בשׁחק 2
- ושׁחקים 2
- לשׁחקים 1
- וכשׁחק 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shachaq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 9
- רָעַף raaph “to drip” 3
- עָב av “cloud” 3
- מַעַל maal “above” 3
- נָזַל nazal “to flow” 2
- גַּאֲוָה gaavah “pride” 2
- חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 3
- סֻכָּה sukkah “booth” 2
- תְּהוֹם tehom “abyss” 2
- עַד ad “till” 4
- חֹשֶׁךְ choshekh “darkness” 2
- מַי mayim “water” 3
Key verses
The verses using shachaq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 33:26 — There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- Job 37:18 — Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
- Psalms 18:11 — He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
- Psalms 36:5 — Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
- Psalms 57:10 — For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
- Psalms 77:17 — The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
- Psalms 89:6 — For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
- Psalms 108:4 — For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
- Proverbs 3:20 — By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
- Isaiah 40:15 — Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
- Isaiah 45:8 — Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness…
- Jeremiah 51:9 — We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is…
See all 21 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.