שָׁאַף
shâʼaph · shaw-af'
to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
- to inhale eagerly
- figuratively, to cover
- by implication, to be angry
- also, to hasten
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
Letters
- 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
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › to speak, the word
To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁאַף 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- swalloweth up1 · 7%
- earnestly desireth1 · 7%
- desire1 · 7%
- would swallow me up1 · 7%
- swallow1 · 7%
- of him that would swallow me up1 · 7%
- and panted1 · 7%
- and hasteth1 · 7%
- and devour1 · 7%
- that snuffeth up1 · 7%
- they snuffed up1 · 7%
- and swallowed you up1 · 7%
- that pant1 · 7%
- this, o ye that swallow up1 · 7%
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.