Strong’s definition
to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
KJV gloss list in the source
make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
Source pronunciation notation: shaw-kah'
Derivation recorded by Strong
(abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;
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