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סֻכָּה H5521

H5521 is the Hebrew word סֻכָּה, transliterated çukkâh and said sook-kaw'. The King James Version most often renders it booths.

Word: סֻכָּהTransliteration: çukkâhSaid: sook-kaw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 24 verses

What it means

a hut or lair.

Where it comes from

feminine of H5520 (סֹךְ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 25 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

booths 6×tabernacles 5×pavilions 3×booth 2×pavilion 2×tabernacle 2×tents 1×themselves booths 1×under the booths 1×covert 1×cottage 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.

Verses using סֻכָּה

All 24 verses, quoted in full.

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:

Leviticus 23:43 · 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 · KJV

Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:

Deuteronomy 16:16 · 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:

2 Samuel 11:11 · 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 · KJV

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

1 Kings 20:12 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · KJV

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Job 38:40 · KJV

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Psalm 18:11 · KJV

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Psalm 31:20 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5521 mean?

H5521 is the Hebrew word סֻכָּה (çukkâh), meaning a hut or lair.

How is H5521 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it booths (6 times), tabernacles (5 times), pavilions (3 times), booth (2 times), pavilion (2 times), among others.

How many times does H5521 appear in the Bible?

סֻכָּה (çukkâh) is tagged in 24 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5521 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine of H5520 (סֹךְ).

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