שָׁקַק
shâqaq · H8264 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to rush upon, to rush forth
Process by which animals move forward at great speed and with aggressive intent
ExamplesProverbs 28:15 Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Isaiah 33:4 Your plunder is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; Like an infestation of locusts, people storm it.
Joel 2:9 They storm the city, They run on the wall; They climb into the houses, They enter through the windows like a thief.
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to run to and fro
Process by which vehicles move at great speed without an apparent destination
ExamplesNahum 2:4 The chariots drive wildly in the streets, They rush around in the public squares; Their appearance is like torches, They drive back and forth like lightning flashes.
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to be thirsty
State in which humans are exceedingly thirsty and long for water
ExamplesPsalm 107:9 For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And He has filled the hungry soul with what is good.
Isaiah 29:8 It will be as when a hungry person dreams— And behold, he is eating; But when he awakens, his hunger is not satisfied, Or as when a thirsty person dreams— And behold, he is drinking, But when he awakens, behold, he is faint And his thirst is not quenched. So will the multitude of all the nations be Who wage war against Mount Zion.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: they 2
- נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with+ עִירcity, town 1
- בin/on/with+ רְחֹבopen place 1
- בin/on/with+ וֹhim 1
- כlike/as+ מַשָּׁקrushing upon 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Move002002001012
- This verb denotes rushing about, as in Joel 2:9's description of an invading host storming the city and running along the wall.
- Dry002001001021
- The verb also denotes a parched thirst driving one's longing, as in Isaiah 29:8's picture of a thirsty person who dreams of drinking yet wakes still faint, his thirst unquenched.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8264. shaqaq [שָׁקַק] verb run, run about, rush (apparently akin to √ I. שׁוק, whence…
[שָׁקַק] verb run, run about, rush (apparently akin to √ I. שׁוק, whence שׁוֺק); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine plural יָשֹׁקּוּ בָּעִיר Joe 2:9, of locusts (|| יְרֻצוּן; > Gr proposes יִסְּקוּfrom סלק); Participle שֹׁקֵק Isa 33:4, with ב of thing rush at, upon (like locusts); of roving, ranging bear Pro 28:15 (unless we read שָׁקוּל, Toy); figurative of נֶפֶשׁ longing for water Isa 29:8 (|| עָיֵם and, va, רֵקָה), Psa 107:9 (|| רְעֵבָה).
Hithpalpel Imperfect3masculine plural יִשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּן Nah 2:5, of chariots, they rush to and fro.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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