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So

סוֹאStrong’s H5471

so

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

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So is the Hebrew word usually translated “so”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.”
2 Kings 17:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.17.4
How it's translated
  • so 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Kings 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    סוֹא so · So

    A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.17.4 § So = "concealed" a king of Egypt (perhaps only the vizier of the king)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “so” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SO, adverb

    [Latin sic, contracted. It is from some root signifying to set, to still, and this sense is retained in the use of the word by milkmaids, who say to cows, so so that is, stand still, remain as you are; and in this use, the word may be the original verb.]

    1. In like manner, answering to as, and noting comparison or resemblance; as with the people, so with the priest.
    2. In such a degree; to that degree. Judges 5:28“Why is his chariot so long in coming?” Judges 5:28
    3. In such a manner; sometimes repeated, so and so; as certain colors, mingled so and so
    4. It is followed by as.
    All definitions
    1. In the smae manner.
    2. Thus; in this manner; as New York so called from the duke of York.
    3. Therefore; thus; for this reason; in consequence of this or that.
    4. On these terms, noting a conditional petition.
    5. Provided that; on condition that, [Latin modo.] so the doctrine by but wholesome and edifying though there should be a want of exactness in the manner of speaking and resoning, it may be overlooked.
    6. In like manner, noting the concession of one proposition of fact and the assumption of another; answering to as.
    7. so often expresses the sense of a word or sentence going before.
    8. Thus; thus it is; this is the state.
    9. Well; the fact being such.
    10. It is sometimes used to express a certain degree, implying comparison, and yet without the corresponding word as, to render the degree definite.
    11. It is sometimes equivalent to be it so let it be so let it be as it is, or in that manner.
    12. It expresses a wish, desire or petition.
    13. so much as, however much.
    14. so so or so repeated, used as a kind of exclamation; equivalent to well, well; or it is so the thing is done. so so it works; now, mistress, sit you fast.
    15. so so much as it was; indifferently; not well not much amiss.
    16. so then, thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is. so then the Volscians stand; but as at first ready, when time shall prompt them, to make road upon's again.

    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.