Strong's Lexicon shuach: Ditch, pit, depression Original Word: שׁוּחַ Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to sink down Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent for "shuach," the concept of a pit or low place can be related to Greek terms like "βάθος" (bathos, G899), meaning depth or deep place, which is used metaphorically in the New Testament. Usage: The Hebrew word "shuach" refers to a physical depression or low place in the ground, such as a ditch or pit. It is used metaphorically to describe a state of being low or humbled, often in a spiritual or emotional sense. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, the landscape was dotted with various natural and man-made depressions, such as cisterns, pits, and ditches, which were essential for water collection and storage in the arid climate. These physical features often served as metaphors in Hebrew literature and scripture, symbolizing states of despair, humility, or entrapment. The imagery of being in a "pit" is frequently used in the Psalms to describe a place of distress or divine testing, from which one seeks deliverance by God. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition to sink down NASB Translation bowed down (1), sinks down (1), sunk down (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs [שׁוּחַ] verb sink down (Buhl distinguishes this as II. ׳שׁ (Arabic  ( ) sink down, MI9, 23 אשוח probably depression, excavation, reservoir, so אשיךְ Ecclus 50:3), and hence שָׁ֫חָה Proverbs 2:18, si vera lectio, and following derivatives, from I.׳שׁ melt away Arabic  ( ) flow and spread, melt away, Ethiopic  cause to dwindle,  phthisis, Aramaic שׁוּחַ,  flow or melt away, vanish), whence Lamentations 3:20; Psalm 44:26; but insufficient evidence for I.׳שׁ in Hebrew); — sink down, Qal Perfect3feminine singular שָׁ֫חָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ Psalm 44:26 ("" דָּֽבְקָה לָאָרֶץ); אֶלמָֿוֶת בֵּיתָהּ ׳שׁ Proverbs 2:18 ("" אֶלרְֿפָאִים; but ׳ב masculine, read שָׁחָה, √ שׁחה, AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 82, so Toy); Imperfect3feminine singular תָּשׁוּחַ עָלַי נַפְשִׁי Lamentations 3:20 Qr, Hiph`il declar. תָּשִׁיחַ Kt, of depression of mind. — Psalm 49:15 Gr reads שָׁחוּ for ᵑ0 שַׁתּוּ but see שׁתת. — Hithpa`el Psalm 42; 43see שׁחח. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance bow down, incline, humble A primitive root; to sink, literally or figuratively -- bow down, incline, humble. Forms and Transliterations וְתָשֹׁ֥וחַ ותשוח שָׁ֣חָה שחה šā·ḥāh šāḥāh Shachah vetaShoach wə·ṯā·šō·w·aḥ wəṯāšōwaḥLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Psalm 44:25 HEB: כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה לֶעָפָ֣ר נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ NAS: For our soul has sunk down into the dust; KJV: For our soul is bowed down to the dust: INT: for has sunk the dust our soul Proverbs 2:18 Lamentations 3:20 3 Occurrences |
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