Shaaph means “haste” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7602 שָׁאַף (sha'aph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. sha'aph (shaw-af') v. 1. to inhale eagerly 2. (figuratively) to cover It has 14 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include earnestly, desire, panted, also, and devour. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
sha'aph (shaw-af') v. 1. to inhale eagerly 2. (figuratively) to cover 3. (by implication) to be angry 4. (also) to hasten [a primitive root] KJV: desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7602. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to long for
Usage: 1) to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to gasp, pant after, snuff up 1a2) to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for 1a3) to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals) (fig)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sha'aph, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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14 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7602.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7602, grouped by book.
Shaaph (Strong's H7602) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "haste". sha'aph (shaw-af') v. 1. to inhale eagerly 2. (figuratively) to cover
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's H7602 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7602 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as earnestly, desire, panted, also, devour, and pant. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.