שָׁקַק
shakak · rush about; long eagerly
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8264 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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shakak (שָׁקַק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rush about; long eagerly”.
To run back and forth eagerly, like an animal seeking its prey; from this, to desire greedily.
How to say it
sha·kak
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Dash to and fro; crave, have an empty stomach.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- they rush ×2
- hungry ×1
- longing ×1
- longs ×1
- they jostle one another ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 107:9
For he has satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul he has filled with good.
- Proverbs 28:15
A roaring lion and a hungry bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
- Isaiah 29:8
And it will be as when the hungry man dreams, and look, he is eating, and he awakes, and his soul is empty; and as when the thirsty man dreams, and look, he is drinking, and he awakes, and look, he is faint, and his soul longs; so will be the multitude of all the nations that wage war against Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 33:4
And your spoil is gathered as the hopping locust gathers; like the rushing of locusts they rush upon it.
- Joel 2:9
On the city they rush, on the wall they run, into the houses they climb, through the windows they enter like the thief.
- Nahum 2:4
In the streets the chariots go mad, they jostle one another in the squares; their appearance is like torches, like lightning flashes they run.