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Lexicon :: Strong's H8245 - šāqaḏ

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שָׁקַד
Transliteration
šāqaḏ
Pronunciation
shaw-kad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2451

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁקַד shâqad, shaw-kad'; a primitive root; to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill):—hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H8245 in the following manner: watch (9x), wake (1x), remain (1x), hasten (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H8245 in the following manner: watch (9x), wake (1x), remain (1x), hasten (1x).

  1. to wake, watch, awake, be alert

    1. (Qal)

      1. to keep watch of, be wakeful over

      2. to be wakeful, wake (as mourner or sufferer)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁקַד shâqad, shaw-kad'; a primitive root; to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill):—hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).
STRONGS H8245: Abbreviations
† שָׁקַד verb watch, wake (Phoenician שקר be circumspect; Late Hebrew שָׁקַד be insistent; see Targum שְׁקֵד = Biblical Hebrew); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Psalm 127:1, שָׁקַ֫דְתִּי Jeremiah 31:28; Psalm 102:8; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁק֑וֺד Job 21:32 (Me Bu יִשְׁוֹ֑דוּ), וַיִּשְׁקֹד Daniel 9:14, 1st person singular אֶשְׁקֹד Jeremiah 31:28; Imperative masculine plural שִׁקְדוּ Ezra 8:29; Infinitive construct לִשְׁקֹד Proverbs 8:34; Participle active שֹׁקֵד Jeremiah 1:12 +; plural construct שֹׁקְדֵי Isaiah 29:20; —
1. keep watch of, be wakeful over, י׳ subject, עַל person, to benefit or injure Jeremiah 31:28 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 44:27; עַל thing, to perform it Jeremiah 1:12; Daniel 9:14; so (men subject) שֹׁקְדֵי אָוֶן Isaiah 29:20; of leopard watching לְַעָֿרֵיהֶם Jeremiah 5:6 (to seize prey, figurative); of man watching (for admission) at (עַל) wisdom's doors Proverbs 8:34 (|| שָׁמַר); = keep guard over (עַל) Job 21:32, compare (absolute) וְשִׁמְרוּ שׁ׳ Ezra 8:29 and (of watchman, שֹׁמֵר) Psalm 127:1.
2. be wakeful, wake, as mourner, sufferer Psalm 102:8. — Lamentations 1:14 read perhaps Niph. Perfect נִשְׁקַד עַלמְּֿשָׁעַי (Greek Version of the LXX Bu) watch has been kept over my transgressions (compare 1 above), for MT נִשְׂקַד עֹל פ׳. —
Pu. denominative see H8246.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

8:29; 8:29

Job

21:32; 21:32

Psalms

102:8; 102:8; 127:1; 127:1

Proverbs

8:34; 8:34

Isaiah

29:20; 29:20

Jeremiah

1:12; 1:12; 5:6; 31:28; 31:28; 31:28; 44:27

Lamentations

1:14

Daniel

9:14; 9:14

H8245

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8245 matches the Hebrew שָׁקַד (šāqaḏ),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:32 -
Yet shall he be borne to the grave,
And men shall keep watch over the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:7 -
I watch, and am become like a sparrow
That is alone upon the house-top.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 -
A Song of Ascents; of Solomon.
Except Jehovah build the house,
They labor in vain that build it:
Except Jehovah keep the city,
The watchman waketh but in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34 -
Blessed is the man that heareth me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:20 - For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:12 - Then said Jehovah unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27 - Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:14 - Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.
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