שָׁקַק
shâqaq · shaw-kak'
to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily
- to course (like a beast of prey)
- by implication, to seek greedily
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: have appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro).
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
- 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
- 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 consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁקַק 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the longing1 · 17%
- and a ranging1 · 17%
- hath appetite1 · 17%
- shall he run1 · 17%
- they shall run to and fro1 · 17%
- they shall justle one against another1 · 17%
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.