שְׁכַח shekhach

Hebrew word for “to find” · Strong’s H7912 · used 18 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

1) to find; 1a) (Aphel) to find; 1b) (Ithp'al) to be found

How it is translated

Glosses given for shekhach in context, with how often each is used:

• found 10
• will find 2
• have found 2
• find 2
• may find 1
• have been found 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 6 (5), Daniel 5 (4), Ezra 4 (2), Daniel 2 (2), Ezra 6 (1), Ezra 7 (1)

Forms

• השׁתכחת 5
• והשׁכחו 2
• השׁתכח 2
• להשׁכחה 2
• ותהשׁכח 1
• והשׁתכח 1
• תהשׁכח 1
• השׁכחת 1
• והשׁתכחת 1
• נהשׁכח 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shekhach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דִּי di “that” 13
• אֱלָהּ elah “god” 7
• דָּנִיֵּאל daniyyel “Daniel” 6
• אֱדַיִן edayin “then” 6
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 7
• עַל al “since” 6
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 4
• לָא la “not” 5
• כֹּל kol “all” 5
• גְּבַר gevar “man” 4
• מִן־ min “from” 5
• שׇׂכְלְתָנוּ sokhletanu “insight” 3

Key verses

The verses using shekhach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezra 4:15 — That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city,…
• Ezra 4:19 — And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition…
• Ezra 7:16 — And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering…
• Daniel 2:25 — Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king…
• Daniel 2:35 — Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the…
• Daniel 5:11 — There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the…
• Daniel 5:12 — Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found…
• Daniel 5:14 — I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
• Daniel 5:27 — TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
• Daniel 6:4 — Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was…
• Daniel 6:22 — My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before…
• Daniel 6:23 — Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of…

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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.