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סָכַר

sachar · shut, close

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5534 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

sachar (סָכַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “shut, close”.

Up; also hand over.

How to say it

sa·char

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To stop up so nothing comes out.
  2. To put someone in another's power.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • I will hand over ×1
  • were closed ×1
  • will be stopped ×1

Where it appears

  • Genesis 8:2

    And the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was held back.

  • Psalms 63:11

    But the king will be glad in Elohim; everyone who swears by him will glory, for the mouth of those who speak lies will be stopped.

  • Isaiah 19:4

    And I will hand over Egypt into the hand of a hard master, and a strong king will rule over them, declares the Lord, YHWH Tsevaot.