Be almond shaped
שָׁקַדStrong’s H8246shaqad (sha-qad)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shaqad is the Hebrew word usually translated “shaped like almond blossoms”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.”
Meaning
- (Pual) cups shaped like almond blossoms (participle)
How it's translated
- shaped like almond blossoms 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 25:34And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
- Exodus 37:19Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
- Exodus 37:20And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁקַד shaqad · be almond shaped
(Pual) cups shaped like almond blossoms (participle)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.