Strong H2836H2836Aחָשַׁק

to desire

One of the 2 senses of Strong H2836

Transliteration
châshaq
Pronunciation
khaw-shak'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

STEP sense: to desire

Exact lexical definition: be attached to

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: חָשַׁק vb . be attached to , love

General definition

A primitive root; to {cling} that {is} join (figuratively) to {love} delight in; elliptically (or by interchange for H2820) to deliver: - have a {delight} (have a) {desire} {fillet} {long} set (in) love.

In the Bible

Strong H2836A appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • desire3
  • love2
  • delight1
  • longeth1
  • set1

First verses

  1. Genesis 34:8
    And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
  2. Deuteronomy 7:7
    The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
  3. Deuteronomy 10:15
    Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
  4. Deuteronomy 21:11
    And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
  5. 1 Kings 9:19
    And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
  6. 2 Chronicles 8:6
    And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
  7. Psalms 91:14
    Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
  8. Isaiah 38:17
    Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
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