shechach · find

What it means

shechach (שְׁכַח) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “find”.

To find, to discover (Aramaic).

How to say it

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 come upon something or someone, or to discover that someone has a certain quality.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• found ×7
• find ×6
• was found ×5

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×4
• Daniel×14

• Ezra 4:15

  so that someone may investigate in the book of the memorials of your fathers; and you will find in the book of the memorials and know that that city is a rebellious city, causing harm to kings and provinces, and that they have been making sedition within it since the days of old; for this reason that city was laid waste.

• Ezra 4:19

  And by me an order was given, and they investigated and found that that city since the days of old has risen up against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.

• Ezra 6:2

  And there was found in Ecbatana, in the fortress that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and thus was written in it: “Memorial:

• Ezra 7:16

  and all the silver and gold that you find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people and the priests, who offer freely for the house of their Elah which is in Jerusalem.

• Daniel 2:25

  Then Arioch in haste brought Daniel before the king and said this to him: “I have found a man from the sons of the exile of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:35

  Then were crushed all together the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, and they became like the chaff of the threshing floors of summer; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled all the earth.

• Daniel 5:11

  There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and in the days of your father light and insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners, — your father, the king —

• Daniel 5:12

  because an extraordinary spirit and knowledge and insight for interpreting dreams and declaring riddles and loosening knots were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.”

• Daniel 5:14

  And I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and insight and extraordinary wisdom have been found in you.

• Daniel 5:27

  Tekel, you have been weighed in the balance and found lacking.

• Daniel 6:4

  Then the supervisors and the satraps were seeking to find a pretext against Daniel in regard to the kingdom; but they could find no pretext or fault, because he was faithful, and no negligence or fault was found in him.

• Daniel 6:5

  Then these men said, “We will not find against this Daniel any pretext unless we find it against him in the law of his Elah.”

• Daniel 6:11

  Then these men came thronging and found Daniel making a request and pleading before his Elah.

• Daniel 6:22

  My Elah sent his angel and shut the mouth of the lions, and they have not harmed me, because before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”

• Daniel 6:23

  Then the king was very glad about it, and he said to bring Daniel up from the den. And Daniel was brought up from the den, and no harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his Elah.

And 3 more times.