Shaqad שָׁקַד
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| שָׁקַד | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shaqad |
| Strong's number | H8245 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to watch |
| Occurrences | 12 in 11 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (4) |
Shaqad (Hebrew שָׁקַד, Strong's H8245) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to watch”. It occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to wake, watch, awake, be alert
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep watch of, be wakeful over
1a2) to be wakeful, wake (as mourner or sufferer)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep watch of, be wakeful over
1a2) to be wakeful, wake (as mourner or sufferer)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | watch (5), over (2), remain (1), waketh (1), watching (1), hasten (1), watched (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | guard them (1), watch is kept (1), i lie awake (1), stand guard (1), watching (1), who look (1), am watching (1), will lie in wait (1), i watched (1), i will watch (1), i am watching (1), store (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shaqad, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 8:29Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”
Job
- Job 21:32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
Psalms
- Psalm 102:7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
- Psalm 127:1Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 29:20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 1:12Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”
- Jeremiah 5:6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
- Jeremiah 31:28And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord.Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 44:27Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
Daniel
- Daniel 9:14Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).