שִׁקּוּי
shikuy · refreshment
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8250 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shikuy (שִׁקּוּי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “refreshment”.
A drink that refreshes; refreshment, relief.
How to say it
shi·kuy
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
- What one takes to quench thirst.
- Relief that restores strength.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- drink ×1
- refreshment ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 3:8
It will be healing to your navel, and refreshment to your bones.
- Hosea 2:5
For their mother has prostituted herself; she who conceived them has acted shamefully, for she said, “I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, my oil and my drink.”