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to decrease, abate Original Word: שָׁכַךTransliteration: shakak Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kak') Short Definition: appease
a prim. root Definition to decrease, abate NASB Word Usage lessen (1), lying in wait (1), subsided (3). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
A primitive root; to weave (i.e. Lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood) -- appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.
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