Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to find
Usage: 1) to find 1a) (Aphel) to find 1b) (Ithp'al) to be found
Shekach means “find” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7912 שְׁכַח (shkach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shkach (shek-akh') v. 1. to discover (literally or figuratively) [(Aramaic) corresponding to H7911 through the idea of disclosure of a covered or forgotten thing] It has 15 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include find. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
shkach (shek-akh') v. 1. to discover (literally or figuratively) [(Aramaic) corresponding to H7911 through the idea of disclosure of a covered or forgotten thing] KJV: find. Root(s): H7911
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to find
Usage: 1) to find 1a) (Aphel) to find 1b) (Ithp'al) to be found
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shkach, 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.
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15 indexed usages in Old Testament.
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7912.
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
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Shekach (Strong's H7912) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "find". shkach (shek-akh') v. 1. to discover (literally or figuratively) [(Aramaic) corresponding to H7911 through the idea of disclosure of a covered or forgotten thing]
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H7912 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7912 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as find. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.