To fence
סוּךְStrong’s H5526sukh
Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sukh is the Hebrew word usually translated “covering”, “covers” and “hold”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to hedge, fence about, shut in
- To block, overshadow, screen, stop the approach, shut off, cover(Qal) · (Hiphil)
- To weave together(Qal) to weave together · (Pilpel) to weave, weave together
- Protector (participle)
- (Qal) to cover, lay over
- To weave together(Qal) to weave together · (Pilpel) to weave, weave together
How it's translated
- covering 3
- covers 2
- and i will hold 1
- and you will cover 1
- and he covered 1
- to cover 1
- and they covered 1
- and covering 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 5
- Job 4
- Psalms 4
- Isaiah 2
- Lamentations 2
- Ezekiel 2
11 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 33:22And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
- Exodus 37:9And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
- Exodus 40:3And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
- Exodus 40:21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Judges 3:24When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
- 1 Samuel 24:3And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
Hebrew dictionary
סוּךְ sukh · to fence
(Qal) to hedge, fence about, shut in
סָכַךְ sakhakh · to cover
1) to block, overshadow, screen, stop the approach, shut off, cover 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to screen, cover 1a2) to cover oneself 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to screen, cover
סָכַךְ sakhakh · to weave
1) to weave together 4a) (Qal) to weave together 1b) (Pilpel) to weave, weave together
סֹכֵךְ sokh · protector
protector (participle)
שָׂכַךְ sakhakh · to cover
(Qal) to cover, lay over
שָׂכַךְ sakhakh · to weave
1) to weave together 1a) (Qal) to weave together 1b) (Pilpel) to weave, weave together
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FENCE, noun
fens. [See Fend.]
- A wall, hedge, ditch, bank, or line of posts and rails, or of boards or pickets, intended to confine beasts from straying, and to guard a field from being entered by cattle, or from other encroachment.
- A guard; any thing to restrain entrance; that which defends from attack, approach or injury; security; defense.
- Fencing, or the art of fencing; defense.
- Skill in fencing or defense.
All definitions and other forms of “fence”
FENCE, verb transitive
fens.
- To inclose with a hedge, wall, or any thing that prevents the escape or entrance of cattle; to secure by an inclosure.“He hath fenced my way that I cannot pass” Job 19:8
- To guard; to fortify.
FENCE, verb intransitive
- To practice the art of fencing; to use a sword or foil, for the purpose of learning the art of attack and defense.
- To fight and defend by giving and avoiding blows or thrusts.
- To raise a fence; to guard.
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.