- Original: שׁקד - Transliteration: Shaqed - Phonetic: shaw-kade' - Definition: 1. almond tree, almonds a. almond (the nut) b. almond-tree - Origin: from H8245 - TWOT entry: 2451a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H8245 ; the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom): - almond (tree). Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • almonds, 2 Genesis 43:11; Numbers 17:8 • tree, 2 Ecclesiastes 12:5; Jeremiah 1:11