Definition

a settling place (of water), i.e. a pond

Etymology

from H8257 (שָׁקַע);

Word family

• שָׁקַע shâqaʻ

How the KJV renders it

• deep

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.