To hedge
שׂוּךְStrong’s H7753sukh
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sukh is the Hebrew word usually translated “have you put a hedge” and “about to fence up”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.”
Meaning
- To hedge or fence up or about(Qal) to fence about, hedge up
How it's translated
- have you put a hedge 1
- about to fence up 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
- Hosea 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שׂוּךְ sukh · to hedge
1) to hedge or fence up or about 1a) (Qal) to fence about, hedge up
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hedge” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HEDGE, noun
hej. [Eng. haw] Properly, a thicket of thorn-bushes or other shrubs or small trees; but appropriately, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows, to separate the parts of a garden.
All definitions and other forms of “hedge”
HEDGE, verb transitive
hej. To inclose with a hedge; to fence with a thicket of shrubs or small trees; to separate by a hedge; as, to hedge a field or garden.
- To obstruct with a hedge or to obstruct in any manner.
- To surround for defense; to fortify.
- To inclose for preventing escape.
HEDGE, verb intransitive
hej. To hide, as in a hedge; to hide; to skulk.
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.