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שְׁרֵקָה H8322
H8322 is the Hebrew word שְׁרֵקָה, transliterated shᵉrêqâh and said sher-ay-kaw'. The King James Version most often renders it hissing.
What it means
a derision.
Where it comes from
from H8319 (שָׁרַק).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 7 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: hissing.
Verses using שְׁרֵקָה
All 7 verses, quoted in full.
2 Chronicles 29:8 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 19:8 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 25:9 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 25:18 · KJV
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;
Jeremiah 29:18 · KJV
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:
Jeremiah 51:37 · KJV
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Micah 6:16 · KJV
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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8322 mean?
H8322 is the Hebrew word שְׁרֵקָה (shᵉrêqâh), meaning a derision.
How is H8322 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it hissing (6 times), thereof an hissing (1 time).
How many times does H8322 appear in the Bible?
שְׁרֵקָה (shᵉrêqâh) is tagged in 7 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8322 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8319 (שָׁרַק).
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