Strong’s H8246 · Hebrew
שָׁקַד
shâqad · shaw-kad'
Origin a denominative from שָׁקֵד (H8247);
Meaning to be (intensively, make) almond-shaped
In the King James Version make like (unto, after the fashion of) almonds.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Exodus 25:33Three 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.
- 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:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.