Shâʼaph — H7602

Definition

verb

to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten

1. to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily
1. (Qal)
1. to gasp, pant after, snuff up
2. to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for
3. to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals) (fig)
2. to crush, trample, trample upon
1. (Qal) to trample upon, crush

Usually translated as

desire, devour, pant, snuff up, swallow up, haste

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• helkýō (G1670)
• exélkō (G1828)
• katapatéō (G2662)
• miséō (G3404)
• xēraínō (G3583)
• pneûma (G4151)

Occurrences

Shâʼaph occurs 14 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (3), Psalms (4), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (1), Amos (2)

• Job 5:5 — Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up (וְשָׁאַ֖ף) their substance.
• Job 7:2 — As a servant earnestly desireth (יִשְׁאַף) the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
• Job 36:20 — Desire (תִּשְׁאַ֥ף) not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
• Psalms 56:1 — Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up (שְׁאָפַ֣נִי); he fighting daily oppresseth me.
• Psalms 56:2 — Mine enemies would daily swallow me up (שָׁאֲפ֣וּ): for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
• Psalms 57:3 — He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up (שֹׁאֲפִ֣י). Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
• Psalms 119:131 — I opened my mouth, and panted (וָאֶשְׁאָ֑פָה): for I longed for thy commandments.
• Ecclesiastes 1:5 — The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth (שׁוֹאֵ֛ף) to his place where he arose.
• Isaiah 42:14 — I 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 (וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף) at once.
• Jeremiah 2:24 — A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up (שָׁאֲפָ֣ה) 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 14:6 — And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up (שָׁאֲפ֥וּ) the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
• Ezekiel 36:3 — Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up (וְשָׁאֹ֨ף) 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:
• Amos 2:7 — That pant (הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים) 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:
• Amos 8:4 — Hear this, O ye that swallow up (הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖ים) the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,