סֹךְ
soch · lair, thicket
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5520 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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soch (סֹךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lair, thicket”.
The place covered with branches where an animal hides; also a hut.
How to say it
soch
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
- Hidden place where a wild beast lives.
- A hut of branches for cover.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- lair ×2
- booth ×1
- shelter ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 10:9
He lies in wait in the hiding place like a lion in its lair; he lies in wait to seize the afflicted; he seizes the afflicted by dragging him into his net.
- Psalms 27:5
For he will keep me in his shelter in the day of evil; he will hide me in the hiding place of his tent; on a rock he will lift me high.
- Psalms 76:2
And his booth is in Salem, and his dwelling place in Zion.
- Jeremiah 25:38
Like a young lion he has left his lair; for their land has become a horror before the burning of the oppressor, and before his burning anger.