# H7834 שַׁחַק

שַׁחַק (shachaq), Strong’s H7834: a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament KJV: cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.. Occurs 21 times.

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*shachaq* — a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament

KJV: cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.

Derived from [שָׁחַק shâchaq](https://besorah.bible/word/H7833) (to comminate)

Occurs 21 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שַׁ֫חַק n.m. dust, cloud (as fine, thin)

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 33:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/33?v=26) — “There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
- [2 Samuel 22:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=12) — He made darkness a shelter around himself, gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
- [Isaiah 40:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=15) — Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up…
- [Isaiah 45:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/45?v=8) — Rain, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may produce…
- [Jeremiah 51:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/51?v=9) — “We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. Forsake her, and let’s each go into his own country; for her…
- [Psalms 18:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/18?v=12) — He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- [Psalms 36:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/36?v=6) — Your loving kindness, LORD, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- [Psalms 57:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/57?v=11) — For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies.
- [Psalms 68:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/68?v=35) — Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies.
- [Psalms 77:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/77?v=18) — The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.