Word Study · Strong's H8264 · Hebrew
שָׁקַק
shaqaq
shaw-kak'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâqaq
“to course (like a beast of prey)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily
Rendered in the KJV as
have appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro).
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- יָשֹׁ֗קּוּ1
- יִֽשְׁתַּקְשְׁק֖וּן1
- שׁוֹקֵ֑ק1
- שׁוֹקֵ֥ק1
- שׁוֹקֵקָ֑ה1
- שֹׁקֵקָ֑ה1
How it is rendered · 6
- [is] longing1
- [someone will be] rushing1
- longing1
- rushing1
- they rush1
- they rush around !1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqrfsa · 2
- HVqrmsa · 2
- HVqi3mp · 1
- HVti3mp/Sn · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 29:8שׁוֹקֵקָ֑הshokekahverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularas when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.here: [is] longing
- Isaiah 33:4שׁוֹקֵ֥קshokekverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYour spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.here: [someone will be] rushing