Bible Dictionary: Sank

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v.) imp. of Sink.

2. (p. p.) of Sink.

Strong's Hebrew

6749. tsalal -- to sink, be submerged
... 6748, 6749. tsalal. 6750 . to sink, be submerged. Transliteration: tsalal Phonetic
Spelling: (tsaw-lal') Short Definition: sank. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4355. makak -- to be low or humiliated
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be low or humiliated NASB Word Usage brought
low (1), sag (1), sank down (1). be brought low, decay. ...
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2658. chaphar -- to dig, search for
... root Definition to dig, search for NASB Word Usage 76,500* (1), dig (2), digs (1),
dug (11), hollowed (1), look around (1), paws (1), sank (1), search (3 ...
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3766. kara -- to bow down
... me very low (1), couches (2), crouch (1), feeble (1), fell (1), kneel down (2),
kneeled down (1), kneeled* (1), kneeling (1), kneels* (1), sank (1), subdued (3 ...
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5123. num -- to be drowsy, slumber
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be drowsy, slumber NASB Word Usage sank
(1), sleeping (1), slumber (3), slumbers (1). sleep, slumber. ...
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2883. taba -- to sink, sink down
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to sink, sink down NASB Word Usage drowned
(1), sank (2), settled (1), sink (1), sunk (4), sunk down (1). ...
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7290a. radam -- to be in or fall into heavy sleep
... into heavy sleep NASB Word Usage cast into a dead sleep (1), dead sleep (1), deep
sleep (2), fallen sound asleep (1), fell into a deep sleep (1), sank into a ...
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3381. yarad -- to come or go down, descend
... 1), let us down (1), let...down (1), lowered (3), once (1), poured (1), poured down
(1), pull down (1), put down (1), put off (1), run down (5), sank down (1 ...
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3318. yatsa -- to go or come out
... 1), put away (2), put forth (1), reach (1), released (1), reported (1), revert
(3), reverts (2), risen (1), rises (1), rising (1), said* (1), sank (1), send (1 ...
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Library

Two Sunsets
... In the distant west the sun sank quietly and serenely toward the horizon. ... A little
while she was quiet. Then her life's sun sank to its rest. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk forty-nine two sunsets.htm

Methodism on the Stage
... actors went on. In the middle of the second act, all the shilling seats
gave a crack, and sank several inches down. A great noise ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/methodism on the stage.htm

Jesus on Mount Golgotha.
... The fall was a dreadful one, but the guards only struck him the harder to force
him to get up, and no sooner did he reach Calvary that he sank down again for ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xxxvi jesus on mount.htm

"I do Indeed Live by Preaching!"
... When he rose from his knees, John, who was swimming, called him again and, treading
the water, said, 'See, it is only breast-high.' He stepped in and sank. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/i do indeed live by.htm

Wesley Covered with Mud
... I was inclined to turn back; but Duncan telling me I needed only go a little
to the left, I did so and sank at once to my horse's shoulders. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesley covered with mud.htm

"A Terrible Sight"
... She immediately sank down as sleep; but, as soon as we left off, broke out again,
with inexpressible vehemence: "Stony hearts, break! I am a warning to you. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/wesley/the journal of john wesley/a terrible sight.htm

CM Mrs. Hemans. Christ Stilling the Tempest.
... 2 But the wind ceased,"it ceased,"a word Passed through the gloomy sky; The
troubled billows knew their Lord, And sank beneath his eye. ...
/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/115 c m mrs hemans.htm

Women who Saved a Nation
... pierced his temples. At her feet he sank down and lay still, At her feet he
sank, he fell; There he fell, a victim slain! "Through the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/women who saved a nation.htm

Entire Sanctification as Taught by Paul.
... senselessness they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the baser image
of "birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things." They sank into the ...
/.../clark/the theology of holiness/chapter vii entire sanctification as.htm

Andromeda
... his people, Came to the mountain of oaks, to the house of the terrible sea-gods,
Hard by the gulf in the rocks, where of old the world-wide deluge Sank to the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/andromeda.htm

Thesaurus

Sank (19 Occurrences)
... 1. (v.) imp. of Sink. 2. (pp) of Sink. Multi-Version Concordance Sank (19 Occurrences). ...
Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in. (WEY). ...
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Sanctuary (250 Occurrences)
... TEMPLE. kort, sank'-tu-a-ri: By "court" (chatser) is meant a clear space
enclosed by curtains or walls, or surrounded by buildings. ...
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Jehoram (27 Occurrences)
... But Jehoram, becoming confident in his own power, sank into idolatry, and brought
upon himself and his land another Syrian invasion, which led to great ...
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Siddim (3 Occurrences)
... In 1819 an area of 2,000 square miles about the delta of the Indus sank beneath
the level of the sea, so that the tops of the houses were barely seen above the ...
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Vale (20 Occurrences)
... In 1819 an area of 2,000 square miles about the delta of the Indus sank beneath
the level of the sea, so that the tops of the houses were barely seen above the ...
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Covered (325 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Exodus 15:5 The depths have covered them:
they sank into the bottom as a stone. ... They sank like lead in the mighty waters. ...
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Lowered (14 Occurrences)
... down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and
Jeremiah sank in the mire. (See NIV). Ezekiel 1:24 When ...
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Legislation
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SANCTITY, LEGISLATION OF. sank'-ti-ti,
lej-is-la'-shun. See ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 5, (6). LEGISLATION, OF SANCTITY. ...
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Guardhouse (6 Occurrences)
... down Jeremiah with cords. And in the pit there was no water, but mire; and
Jeremiah sank in the mire. (See NAS). Jeremiah 38:13 So ...
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Gideon (45 Occurrences)
... After the victory gained by Deborah and Barak over Jabin, Israel once more sank
into idolatry, and the Midianites (qv) and Amalekites, with other "children of ...
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Bible Concordance

Sank (19 Occurrences)

Mark 4:39 So He roused Himself and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in.
(WEY)

Luke 5:7 So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came, and they filled both the boats so that they almost sank.
(WEY)

Acts 20:9 A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.
(See RSV)

Genesis 42:28 He said to his brothers, "My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!" Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 15:5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
(KJV DBY NIV)

Exodus 15:10 You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 21:18 the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles." From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;
(See NAS NIV)

Judges 3:22 and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
(See NIV)

Judges 5:27 He sank, he fell, he lay still at her feet; at her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell dead.
(DBY RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 17:49 David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 9:24 And Jehu took his bow in his hand, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out through his heart; and he sank down in his chariot.
(DBY NAS RSV)

Psalms 76:5 Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
(See NAS RSV)

Psalms 104:8 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Psalms 106:43 Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
(See JPS NAS)

Song of Songs 5:6 I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 38:6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 8:18 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
(See NAS)

Jonah 2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
(See NIV)

Habakkuk 3:6 He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Sank

Related Terms

Sanctuary (250 Occurrences)

Jehoram (27 Occurrences)

Siddim (3 Occurrences)

Vale (20 Occurrences)

Covered (325 Occurrences)

Lowered (14 Occurrences)

Legislation

Guardhouse (6 Occurrences)

Gideon (45 Occurrences)