Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
hissing
Usage: hissing, whistling
Strong's Number
H8322
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
7
Books
3
Strong's H8322 Quick Answer
Strong's H8322 שְׁרֵקָה (shreqah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shreqah (sher-ay-kaw') n-f. 1. a derision [from H8319] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include hissing. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- shreqah (sher-ay-kaw') n-f. 1. a derision [from H8319]
- Usage
- 7 linked usages
- Books
- 3 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- hissing
Meaning and Definition
shreqah (sher-ay-kaw') n-f. 1. a derision [from H8319] KJV: hissing. Root(s): H8319
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8322. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H8322 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shreqah, 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.
hissing
2 Chronicles 29:8
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How Strong's H8322 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 7 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H8322 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 H8322 in the Old Testament
7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Usage Excerpts
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8322.
Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8322, grouped by book.
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H8322 FAQ
What does shereqah (שְׁרֵקָה) mean?
Shereqah (Strong's H8322) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "hissing". shreqah (sher-ay-kaw') n-f. 1. a derision [from H8319]
How many times is shereqah (שְׁרֵקָה) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H8322 across 3 books.
Where can I study shereqah (שְׁרֵקָה) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8322 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate shereqah (שְׁרֵקָה)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hissing. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.