Strong H7602H7602Bשָׁאַף

to crush

One of the 2 senses of Strong H7602

Transliteration
shâ'aph
Pronunciation
shaw-af'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

1) to crush, trample, trample upon
1a) (Qal) to trample upon, crush

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 H7602B appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • swallow4
  • pant1

First verses

  1. Psalms 56:1
    Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
  2. Psalms 57:3
    He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
  3. Ezekiel 36:3
    Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
  4. Amos 2:7
    That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
  5. Amos 8:4
    Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
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