Shaqaq שָׁקַק
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| שָׁקַק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shaqaq |
| Strong's number | H8264 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to rush |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Shaqaq (Hebrew שָׁקַק, Strong's H8264) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to rush”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to run, run about, rush, run to and fro, be eager or greedy or thirsty
1a) (Qal) roving, ranging, longing, rush out upon (participle)
1b) (Hithpalpel) to rush to and fro, rush back and forth
1a) (Qal) roving, ranging, longing, rush out upon (participle)
1b) (Hithpalpel) to rush to and fro, rush back and forth
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | longing (1), ranging (1), appetite (1), run (1), fro (1), another (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | thirsty (1), charging (1), parched (1), men sweep (1), they storm (1), they rush around (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shaqaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 107:9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 28:15As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 29:8It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 33:4And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
Joel
- Joel 2:9They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
Nahum
- Nahum 2:4The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
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).