Strong's Hebrew · H7602

שָׁאַף

shâʼaph · shaw-af'

Definitionto inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagedesire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
Occurrences14 in the KJV · 14 verses

שָׁאַף in Scripture

Job 5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. Job 7:2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: Job 36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. Psalms 56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. Psalms 56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. Psalms 57:3 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. Psalms 119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. Ecclesiastes 1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. Isaiah 42:14 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. Jeremiah 2:24 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. Jeremiah 14:6 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. Ezekiel 36:3 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:
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