חָשַׁק
châshaq · khaw-shak'
to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; also interchangeable for H2820 (חָשַׂךְ)
to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver
- to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in
- elliptically
- to deliver
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: have a delight, (have a) desire, fillet, long, set (in) love.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָשַׁק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- desired2 · 18%
- longeth1 · 9%
- shall be filleted1 · 9%
- were filleted1 · 9%
- and filleted1 · 9%
- did not set his love1 · 9%
- had a delight1 · 9%
- and hast a desire1 · 9%
- because he hath set his love1 · 9%
- but thou hast in love1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.