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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 - Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers’ houses in Israel at Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:32 - When he is carried to the grave,
watch is kept over his tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:7 - I lie awake;
I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 - A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
Unless the LORD builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34 - Blessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:20 - For the ruthless shall come to nothing
and the scoffer cease,
and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:12 - Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them down;
a wolf from the desert shall devastate them.
A leopard is watching their cities;
everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,
because their transgressions are many,
their apostasies are great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27 - Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:14 - Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
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