Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5534 - סָכַר caker (to shut up)

Original Word:	סָכַר
Transliteration:	caker
Definition:	to shut up, stop up
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(saw-kar')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

stop, give over

A primitive root; to shut up; by implication, to surrender -- stop, give over. See also cagar, sakar.

see HEBREW cagar

see HEBREW sakar

Englishman's Concordance

1) to shut up, stop up
1a) (Niphal) to be stopped, be shut up
1b) (Piel) to shut up, give over
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1497, 1498

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [סָכַר] verbshut up, stop up (Aramaic סְכַר,

shut up, stop up, dam up; Arabic

fill, stop up, dam (river), etc., also also close, stop up door, Lane¹³⁹⁰; Assyrian sikêru, dam up, II. 2. stop ears; compare sikkuru, bolt Dl^{HWB 499}; apparently kindr. with סגר; — hence Egyptian t&213;akar, barrier, Bondi⁸⁸); —

Niph`alImperfect3masculine singular ׳יִסָּכֵר מִּי וגוPsalm 63:12the mouth of liars shall be stopped; 3 masculine plural וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּGenesis 8:2 (P) and the springs of the deep etc., were shut up.

Pi`elPerfectוְסִכַרְתִּ֫י אֶתמִֿצְרַיִם בְּיַדIsaiah 19:4and I will shut up (deliver) Egypt into the hand of, etc. (compare סגר, מגן).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5534. סָכַר (caker) — 3 Occurrences

Genesis 8:2
HEB: וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙ מַעְיְנֹ֣ת תְּה֔וֹם
NAS: of the sky were closed, and the rain
KJV: of heaven were stopped, and the rain
INT:were closed the fountains of the deep

Psalm 63:11
HEB:בּ֑וֹ כִּ֥י יִ֝סָּכֵ֗ר פִּ֣י דֽוֹבְרֵי־
NAS: lies will be stopped.
KJV: lies shall be stopped.
INT: swears for will be stopped the mouths speak

Isaiah 19:4
HEB: וְסִכַּרְתִּי֙ אֶת־ מִצְרַ֔יִם
NAS:Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians
KJV: the Egyptians will I give over into the hand
INT:will deliver the Egyptians the hand

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