H8264: שָׁקַק
shâqaq · pronounced shaw-kak' · “to rush”
Definition
to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily
KJV translates it as: have appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro).
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) roving, ranging, longing, rush out upon (participle)
1b) (Hithpalpel) to rush to and fro, rush back and forth
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8264 is translated
- longing ×1
- rushing ×1
- is longing ×1
- someone will be rushing ×1
- they rush ×1
- ! ×1
Bible verses with H8264 (shâqaq)
Shâqaq appears in 6 verses.
- Psalms 107:9
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
- Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
- Isaiah 29:8
It 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 33:4
And 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 2:9
They 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 2:4
The 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.