שָׁקַד
shakad · almond-shaped
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8246 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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shakad (שָׁקַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “almond-shaped”.
Shaped like almond blossoms.
How to say it
sha·kad
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
- Made like almond flowers, like the lampstand's cups.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 25:33
three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, with knob and flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the other branch, with knob and flower; so for the six branches that go out from the lampstand.
- Exodus 25:34
And on the lampstand itself four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its knobs and its flowers;
- Exodus 37:19
Three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, a knob and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on another branch, a knob and a flower; so for the six branches that went out from the lampstand.
- Exodus 37:20
And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its knobs and its flowers.
And 2 more times.