Leg
שׁוֹקStrong’s H7785shoq
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shoq is the Hebrew word usually translated “thigh of”, “like thigh of” and “legs”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:”
Meaning
- Leg, thighof man; specifically the lower leg (calf) as opposed to the thigh · of sacrificial animal; specifically the thigh, upper leg, hind leg, as the portion eaten
How it's translated
- thigh of 11
- and like thigh of 1
- the legs 1
- leg 1
- the thigh 1
- in legs of 1
- legs 1
- legs his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 8
- Exodus 2
- Numbers 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Judges 1
- 1 Samuel 1
10 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 29:27And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
- Leviticus 7:32And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
- Leviticus 7:33He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
- Leviticus 7:34For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
- Leviticus 8:25And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder:
- Leviticus 8:26And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
Hebrew dictionary
שׁוֹק shoq · leg
1) leg, thigh 1a) of man; specifically the lower leg (calf) as opposed to the thigh 1b) of sacrificial animal; specifically the thigh, upper leg, hind leg, as the portion eaten Aramaic equivalent: shaq (שָׁק "leg" H8243)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “leg” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LEG, noun
- The limb of an animal, used in supporting the body and in walking and running; properly, that part of the limb from the knee to the foot, but in a more general sense, the whole limb, including the thigh, the leg and the foot.
- The long or slender support of any thing; as the leg of a table.
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.