סֹךְ
sōk
thicket
Strong's H5520NounHebrewTWOT 1492d

סֹךְ (sōk) is a Hebrew noun meaning thicket. It appears 4 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5520).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1492d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1492d)thicket, covert, lair; booth; hut, entwined; den, pavilion, tabernacle, cottage, tent
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סֹךְ noun, masculine: thicket, covert, lair

סֻכָּה noun, feminine: thicket, booth

Strong's H5520 סֹךְ: a hut (as of entwined boughs); also a lair
KJV:covert, den, pavilion, tabernacle.

Strong's H5521 סֻכָּה: a hut or lair
KJV:booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1492: סָכַךְ sākak — overshadow, screen, cover; cover oneself; entwine, fence, protect; defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up

See it in Scripture

Psalms 10:9Jeremiah 25:38

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