Shaqaq means “have appetite” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H8264 שָׁקַק (shaqaq) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shaqaq (shaw-kak') v. 1. to course (like a beast of prey) 2. (by implication) to seek greedily It has 6 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include like and appetite. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
shaqaq (shaw-kak') v. 1. to course (like a beast of prey) 2. (by implication) to seek greedily [a primitive root] KJV: have appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro).
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8264. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to rush
Usage: 1) to run, run about, rush, run to and fro, be eager or greedy or thirsty 1a) (Qal) roving, ranging, longing, rush out upon (participle) 1b) (Hithpalpel) to rush to and fro, rush back and forth
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shaqaq, 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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6 indexed usages in Old Testament.
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8264.
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8264, grouped by book.
Shaqaq (Strong's H8264) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "have appetite". shaqaq (shaw-kak') v. 1. to course (like a beast of prey) 2. (by implication) to seek greedily
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's H8264 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8264 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as like and appetite. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.