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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7906 - שֶׂכוּ

Transliteration

Sêkûw

Phonetics

say'-koo

Origin

from an unused root apparently meaning to surmount

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Sechu = "the watch-tower"
1. a place near Ramah with a great well

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

1 Samuel 1

BSB (1)

1 Samuel 1

CSB (1)

1 Samuel 1

ESV (1)

1 Samuel 1

KJV (1)

1 Samuel 1

LEB (1)

1 Samuel 1

LSB (1)

1 Samuel 1

N95 (1)

1 Samuel 1

NAS (1)

1 Samuel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

1 Samuel 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שֵׂ֫כוּ proper name, of a location (si vera lectio) near Ramah (= outlook, Kö^{ii. 1,61}); — 1 Samuel 19:22; WMM^{As.u. Eur.165} compare T_-ku in Egyptian inscription; but ᵐ5 Εεφ(ε)ι; read שְׁפִי Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS.

List of Word Forms

בַּשֶּׂ֔כוּ בשכו baś·śe·ḵū basSechu baśśeḵū