And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
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סָכַךְ
H5526 · çâkak · saw-kak' · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
KJV usage
cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
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Mapped occurrences
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.