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Hebrew

To totter

עוּקStrong’s H5781

uq

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Uq is the Hebrew word usually translated “about to make totter” and “it totters”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.”
Amos 2:13 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Hiphil) to totter, cause to totter, crushmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
  • about to make totter 1
  • it totters 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Amos 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    עוּק uq · to totter

    1) (Hiphil) to totter, cause to totter, crush 1a) meaning uncertain

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    TOT'TER, verb intransitive

    [This may be allied to titter.]

    1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; as, an old man totters with age; a child totters when he beings to walk.
    2. To shake; to reel; to lean.“As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence” Psalms 62:3

    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.