7918 - shakak

Strong's Concordance

Original word: שָׁכַך
Transliteration: shakak
Definition (short): subsided
Definition (full): to weave, a trap, to allay

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to decrease, abate
NASB Translation: lessen (1), lying in wait (1), subsided (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; to weave (i.e. Lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood) -- appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.
KJV: And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
NASB: But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.
KJV: And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
NASB: "It will come about that the rod of the man whom I choose will sprout. Thus I will lessen from upon Myself the grumblings of the sons of Israel, who are grumbling against you."
KJV: After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
NASB: After these things when the anger of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.
KJV: So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
NASB: So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king's anger subsided.
KJV: For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
NASB: 'For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch men.