Lexicon :: Strong's H8264 - šāqaq

שָׁקַק
Transliteration
šāqaq
Pronunciation
shaw-kak'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2460

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁקַק shâqaq, shaw-kak'; 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).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H8264 in the following manner: run to and fro (1x), longing (1x), ranging (1x), appetite (1x), run (1x), justle one against another (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H8264 in the following manner: run to and fro (1x), longing (1x), ranging (1x), appetite (1x), run (1x), justle one against another (1x).

  1. to run, run about, rush, run to and fro, be eager or greedy or thirsty

    1. (Qal) roving, ranging, longing, rush out upon (participle)

    2. (Hithpalpel) to rush to and fro, rush back and forth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁקַק shâqaq, shaw-kak'; 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).
STRONGS H8264: Abbreviations
† [שָׁקַק] verb run, run about, rush (apparently akin to √ I. שׁוק, whence שׁוֺק); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural בָּעִיר יָשֹׁקּוּ Joel 2:9, of locusts (|| יְרֻצוּן; > Gr proposes יִסְּקוּ from סלק); Participle שֹׁקֵק Isaiah 33:4, with ב of thing rush at, upon (like locusts); of roving, ranging bear Proverbs 28:15 (unless we read שָׁקוּל, Toy); figurative of נֶפֶשׁ longing for water Isaiah 29:8 (|| עָיֵם and, Isaiah 29:8a, רֵקָה), Psalm 107:9 (|| רְעֵבָה).
Hithpalp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּן Nahum 2:5, of chariots, they rush to and fro.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

107:9

Proverbs

28:15

Isaiah

29:8; 29:8; 33:4

Joel

2:9

Nahum

2:5