Cloud
שַׁ֫חַקStrong’s H7834shachaq (sha-chaq)
Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shachaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “clouds”, “cloud” and “like dust of”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
“There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.”
Meaning
- Dust, cloudfine dust · (thin) cloud
How it's translated
- clouds 14
- in the clouds 2
- in the cloud 2
- and clouds 2
- and like dust of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 9
- Job 5
- Proverbs 2
- Isaiah 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Samuel 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 22:12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
- Job 35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
- Job 36:28Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
- Job 37:18Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
- Job 37:21And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
- Job 38:37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Hebrew dictionary
שַׁ֫חַק shachaq · cloud
1) dust, cloud 1a) fine dust 1b) (thin) cloud
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cloud” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CLOUD, noun
[I have not found this word in any other language. The sense is obvious--a collection.]
- A collection f visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the atmosphere, at some altitude.“I do set my bow in the cloud” Genesis 9:13“Behold, a white cloud” Revelation 14:14
- A state of obscurity or darkness.
- A collection of smoke, or a dense collection of dust, rising or floating in the air; as a cloud of dust.
- The dark or varied colors, in veins or spots, on stones or other bodies, are called clouds.
All definitions and other forms of “cloud”
- A great multitude; a vast collection.“Seeing we are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses” Hebrews 12:1
CLOUD, verb transitive
To overspread with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded; clouds intercept the rays of the sun. Hence,
- To obscure; to darken; as, to cloud the day, or truth, or reason.
- To darken in veins or spots; to variegate with colors; as clouded marble.
- To make of a gloomy aspect; to give the appearance of sullenness.
- To sully; to tarnish.
CLOUD, verb intransitive
To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; sometimes followed by over; as, the sky clouds over.
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.