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H8264Hebrew

שָׁקַק

Definition and meaning

shaqaq (shaw-kak') v. 1. to course (like a beast of prey) 2. (by implication) to seek greedily [a primitive root] KJV: have appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro).

Tagged KJV passages

6 matching verses - 6.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Psalms 107:9

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Matched English: longingProverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Matched English: rangingIsaiah 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.

Matched English: appetiteIsaiah 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.

Matched English: runJoel 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.

Matched English: froNahum 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.

Matched English: another