Strong H8264שָׁקַק
to rush
- Transliteration
- shâqaq
- Pronunciation
- shaw-kak'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to course (like a beast of prey); by implication to seek greedily: - have {appetite} justle one against {another} {long} {range} run (to and fro).
Detailed 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
In the Bible
Strong H8264 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- run2
- appetite1
- justle1
- longing1
- ranging1
First verses
- Psalms 107:9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
- Proverbs 28:15As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.