Strong H7602H7602Aשָׁאַף
to long for
One of the 2 senses of Strong H7602
- Transliteration
- shâ'aph
- Pronunciation
- shaw-af'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
1) to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to gasp, pant after, snuff up
1a2) to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for
1a3) to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals) (fig)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to gasp, pant after, snuff up
1a2) to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for
1a3) to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals) (fig)
General definition
A primitive root; to inhale eagerly; figuratively to covet; by implication to be angry; also to hasten: - desire ({earnestly}) {devour} {haste} {pant} snuff {up} swallow up.
In the Bible
Strong H7602A appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- desire1
- desireth1
- devour1
- hasteth1
- pant1
- snuff1
- snuffeth1
- swalloweth1
First verses
- Job 5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
- Job 7:2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
- Job 36:20Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
- Psalms 119:131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
- Ecclesiastes 1:5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
- Isaiah 42:14I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
- Jeremiah 2:24A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
- Jeremiah 14:6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.