Definition

properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect

Etymology

or שָׂכַךְ; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• cover
• defence
• defend
• hedge in
• join together
• set
• shut up

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.