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

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