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Lexicon :: Strong's H7602 - šā'ap̄

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שָׁאַף
Transliteration
šā'ap̄
Pronunciation
shaw-af'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2305,2306

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁאַף shâʼaph, shaw-af'; a primitive root; to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten:—desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H7602 in the following manner: swallow up (6x), snuff up (2x), pant (2x), earnestly desire (1x), desire (1x), devour (1x), hast (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H7602 in the following manner: swallow up (6x), snuff up (2x), pant (2x), earnestly desire (1x), desire (1x), devour (1x), hast (1x).

  1. to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily

    1. (Qal)

      1. to gasp, pant after, snuff up

      2. to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for

      3. to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals)(fig)

  2. to crush, trample, trample upon

    1. (Qal) to trample upon, crush

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁאַף shâʼaph, shaw-af'; a primitive root; to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten:—desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
STRONGS H7602: Abbreviations
† I. שָׁאַף verb gasp, pant, pant after, long for (so Targum Job 7:2); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְשָׁאַף consecutive Job 5:5, 3rd person feminine singular שָֽׁאֲפָה Jeremiah 2:24, 3rd person plural שָֽׁאֲפוּ Jeremiah 14:6; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁאַף Job 7:2, etc.; Participle active שׁוֺאֵף Ecclesiastes 1:5; —
1. gasp, as a woman in travail, figurative of י׳, Isaiah 42:14 (|| נָשַׁם); pant after, snuff up the wind (accusative), of wild ass Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 14:6; construction praegn.וְאֶלמְֿקוֺמוֺ שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 1:5 unto his place he panteth (comes panting), of sun under figure of racer.
2. gasp or pant with desire Psalm 119:131 (|| יָאַב); pant after, be eager for, with accusative Job 5:5 (compare צַמִּים), Job 7:2 (|| יְקַוֶּה), Job 36:20 (but obscure in context).

† II. [שָׁאַף] verb crush, trample upon (|| form of שׁוּף (which see), if pointing right, compare Köi. 439; We Now read שָׁאפִים, etc., from שׁוּף, compare Ges§ 72 p; perhaps originally pulverize by rubbing, but also apparently by pounding, stamping, treading, LevyChWB שׁוּף, JastrDict.שׁוּף, שׁאף; — most make = I. שׁאף, but Vrss render as above); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix שְׁאָפַ֫נִי Psalm 56:2, 3rd person plural שָֽׁאֲפוּ Psalm 56:3;,Infinitive absolute שָׁאֹף Ezekiel 36:3; Participle suffix שֹׁאֲפִי Psalm 57:4; plural שֹׁאֲפִים Amos 2:7; Amos 8:4; — trample upon, crush (the poor, etc.), figurative, with accusative of person Amos 8:4; strangely Amos 2:7 (We Now Marti strike out לְַעֲֿפַראֶֿרֶץ, which TorreyJBL xv (1896), 152 explained as old doublet, compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version; AV RV pant after the dust, etc., hyperb. for extreme avarice, compare Hi Dr; but Dr thinks Vulgate possibly original: crush the heads of the poor upon the dust [compare Isaiah 3:15], in any case strike out בְּ after שׁ׳ crush); אֶתְכֶם מִסָּבִיב שַׁמּוֺת וְשׁ׳ Ezekiel 36:3; Psalm 56:2; Psalm 57:4 and (accusative omitted) Psalm 56:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

5:5; 5:5; 7:2; 7:2; 7:2; 36:20

Psalms

56:2; 56:2; 56:3; 56:3; 57:4; 57:4; 119:131

Ecclesiastes

1:5; 1:5

Isaiah

3:15; 42:14

Jeremiah

2:24; 2:24; 14:6; 14:6

Ezekiel

36:3; 36:3

Amos

2:7; 2:7; 8:4; 8:4

H7602

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Strong's Number H7602 matches the Hebrew שָׁאַף (šā'ap̄),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 - Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:20 - Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 - {To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2 - Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 - He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:131

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:131 - I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:14 - Long time have I holden my peace; I have been still, I have restrained myself: I will cry like a woman that travaileth; I will blow and pant at once.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - -- a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall turn her away? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3 - therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made you desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 - panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:4 - Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
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