Booth
סֻכָּהStrong’s H5521sukkah (suk-kah)
Appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sukkah is the Hebrew word usually translated “booths”, “tabernacles” and “shelters”. It appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.”
Meaning
- Thicket, covert, booththicket · booth (rude or temporary shelter)
How it's translated
- booths 6
- in booths 5
- the booths 3
- in the booths 3
- tabernacles 3
- shelters 2
- and like a shelter 1
- pavilion his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 4
- Leviticus 3
- Deuteronomy 3
- Job 3
- Zechariah 3
- 2 Samuel 2
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 14:18In contextAnd if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
- Zechariah 14:19In contextThis shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
- Genesis 33:17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
- Leviticus 23:34Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
- Leviticus 23:42Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
- Leviticus 23:43That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Hebrew dictionary
סֻכָּה sukkah · booth
1) thicket, covert, booth 1a) thicket 1b) booth (rude or temporary shelter)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “booth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BOOTH, noun
[Heb. beth, a house or booth a nest for birds.]
All definitions and other forms of “booth”
BOOT'-HOSE, noun
[boot and hose.]
Stocking-hose or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots.
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.