To extinguish
זָעַךְStrong’s H2193zaakh (za-akh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Zaakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “are extinguished”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.”
Meaning
- To extinguish, be extinct, be extinguished(Niphal) to be extinguished
How it's translated
- they are extinguished 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
זָעַךְ zaakh · to extinguish
1) to extinguish, be extinct, be extinguished 1a) (Niphal) to be extinguished
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “extinguish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXTIN'GUISH, verb transitive
[Latin extinguo; ex and stingo, stinguo, or the latter may be a contraction; Gr. to prick, that is, to thrust; or more directly from tingo, to dip, to stain; both probably allied to tango, for tago, to touch.
- To put out; to quench; to suffocate; to destroy; as, to extinguish fire or flame.
- To destroy; to put an end to; as, to extinguish love or hatred in the breast; to extinguish desire or hope; to extinguish a claim or title.
- To cloud or obscure by superior splendor.
- To put an end to, by union or consolidation. [See Extinguishment.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.