Strong's Hebrew: 7834. שַׁ֫חַק (shachaq) -- dust, cloud

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shachaq: dust, cloud

Original Word: שַׁ֫חַק
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: shachaq
Phonetic Spelling: (shakh'-ak)
Short Definition: skies

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from shachaq
Definition
dust, cloud
NASB Translation
clouds (6), skies (12), sky (2), speck of dust (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שַׁ֫חַק noun masculine^{Prov 9:20} dust, cloud (as fine, thin); — ׳שׁ absolute Psalm 89:7; Psalm 89:38, construct Isaiah 40:15; plural שְׁחָקִים Deuteronomy 33:25 +; —

1 fine dust, מאֹזְנַיִם ׳שׁ Isaiah 40:15 (simile of insignificance).

2 (thin) cloud, usually plural (often "" שָׁמַיִם), Deuteronomy 33:26 (poem), Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 51:9; Job 35:5; Job 36:28; Job 37:21; Job 38:37; Psalm 36:6; Psalm 57:11; Psalm 68:35; Psalm 77:18; Psalm 78:23; Psalm 108:5; opposed to תְּהוֺם Proverbs 3:20; Proverbs 8:28; ׳עָבֵי שׁ 2 Samuel 22:12 = Psalm 18:12; = heavens, sky Job 37:18 (with חִרְקִיעַ), and (singular) Psalm 89:7; Psalm 89:38.

שִׁחֹר see שִׁיחוֺר.

Strong's

cloud, small dust, heaven, sky

From shachaq; a powder (as beaten small): by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament -- cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.

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