Shâqaq — H8264

Definition

verb

to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily

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

Usually translated as

have appetite, justle one against another, run, long, range

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• dipsáō (G1372)
• elpízō (G1679)
• epilambánomai (G1949)
• kenós (G2756)

Occurrences

Shâqaq occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (2), Joel (1), Nahum (1)

• Psalms 107:9 — For he satisfieth the longing (שֹׁקֵקָ֑ה) soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
• Proverbs 28:15 — As a roaring lion, and a ranging (שׁוֹקֵ֑ק) 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 (שׁוֹקֵקָ֑ה): 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 (שׁוֹקֵ֥ק) upon them.
• Joel 2:9 — They shall run to and fro (יָשֹׁ֗קּוּ) 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 (יִֽשְׁתַּקְשְׁק֖וּן) in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.