Strong's Hebrew · H8264
שָׁקַק
shâqaq · shaw-kak'
Definitionto course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagehave appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro).
Occurrences6 in the KJV · 6 verses
שָׁקַק in Scripture
Psalms 107:9
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Isaiah 29:8
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.
Isaiah 33:4
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.
Joel 2:9
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.
Nahum 2:4
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.