- Original: סכר - Transliteration: Caker - Phonetic: saw-kar' - Definition: 1. to shut up, stop up a. (Niphal) to be stopped, be shut up b. (Piel) to shut up, give over - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1497,1498 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to shut up; by implication to surrender: - stop give over. See also H5462 ; H7936 . Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • over, 1 Isaiah 19:4 • stopped, 2 Genesis 8:2; Psalm 63:11