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Strong's H5521 סֻכָּה (cukkah)

Cukkah means “booth” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5521 — chole (“gall”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5521
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 29
Books 14

Strong's H5521 Quick Answer

Strong's H5521 סוּכָּה (cukkah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. cukkah (sook-kaw') n-f. 1. a hut or lair [fem of H5520] It has 29 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include booths, pavilions, booth, tabernacle, and covert. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
cukkah (sook-kaw') n-f. 1. a hut or lair [fem of H5520]
Usage
29 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
booths, pavilions, booth, tabernacle, and covert

Meaning and Definition

cukkah (sook-kaw') n-f. 1. a hut or lair [fem of H5520] KJV: booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent. Root(s): H5520

Original Word
סוּכָּה
Transliteration
cukkah
Derivation
First root strongs: 5520
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5521. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H5521 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render cukkah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

booths Leviticus 23:42 pavilions 2 Samuel 22:12 booth Job 27:18 covert Job 38:40 pavilion Psalms 18:11 tabernacle Job 36:29 cottage Isaiah 1:8 tents 2 Samuel 11:11

How Strong's H5521 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 29 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5521 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5521 in the Old Testament

29 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 33:17 KJV

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

Leviticus 23:34 KJV

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.

Leviticus 23:42 KJV

Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

Usage Excerpts

First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5521.

Genesis 33:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Leviticus 23:34 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
Leviticus 23:42 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
Leviticus 23:43 Old Testament, KJV
That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
Deuteronomy 16:16 Old Testament, KJV
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
Deuteronomy 31:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
2 Samuel 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
2 Samuel 22:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
1 Kings 20:12 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
1 Kings 20:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
2 Chronicles 8:13 Old Testament, KJV
Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
Ezra 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
Nehemiah 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
Nehemiah 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
Nehemiah 8:16 Old Testament, KJV
So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
Nehemiah 8:17 Old Testament, KJV
And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
Job 27:18 Old Testament, KJV
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Job 36:29 Old Testament, KJV
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Job 38:40 Old Testament, KJV
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
Psalms 18:11 Old Testament, KJV
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Isaiah 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Isaiah 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Amos 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
Jonah 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
Zechariah 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah 14:18 Old Testament, KJV
And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah 14:19 Old Testament, KJV
This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5521, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H5521 FAQ

What does cukkah (סֻכָּה) mean?

Cukkah (Strong's H5521) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "booth". cukkah (sook-kaw') n-f. 1. a hut or lair [fem of H5520]

How many times is cukkah (סֻכָּה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's H5521 across 14 books.

Where can I study cukkah (סֻכָּה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5521 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate cukkah (סֻכָּה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as booths, pavilions, booth, tabernacle, covert, and pavilion. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.