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Lexicon :: Strong's H8245 - šāqaḏ

Aa
שָׁקַד
Transliteration
šāqaḏ
Pronunciation
shaw-kad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - “Watch H8245 and keep H8104 them until H5704 you weigh H8254 them before H6440 the leading H8269 priests H3548, the Levites H3881, and the leaders H8269 of the fathers’ H1 households of Israel H3478 in Jerusalem H3389, in the chambers H3957 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:32 -

“When he is carried H2986 to the grave H6913,

People will keep H8245 watch H8245 over H5921 his tomb H1430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:7 -

I lie H8245 awake H8245,

I have become H1961 like a solitary H909 bird H6833 on a housetop H1406.

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A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.

Unless H518 H3808 the LORD H3068 builds H1129 a house H1004,

They who build H1129 it labor H5998 in H7723 vain H7723;

Unless H518 H3808 the LORD H3068 guards H8104 a city H5892,

The watchman H8104 stays H8245 awake H8245 in H7723 vain H7723.

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“Blessed H835 is the person H120 who listens H8085 to me,

Watching H8245 daily H3117 at my gates H1817,

Waiting H8104 at my doorposts H4201.

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For the ruthless H6184 will come H656 to H656 an H656 end H656 and the scorner H3887 will be finished H3615,

Indeed all H3605 who [fn]are H8245 intent H8245 on H8245 doing H8245 evil H205 will be eliminated H3772,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:12 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to me, “You have seen H7200 well H3190, for I am [fn]watching H8245 over H5921 My word H1697 to perform H6213 it.”

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Therefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 from the forest H3293 will kill H5221 them,

A wolf H2061 of the deserts H6160 will destroy H7703 them,

A leopard H5246 is watching H8245 their cities H5892.

Everyone H3605 who goes H3318 out H3318 of them will be torn H2963 in H2963 pieces H2963,

Because H3588 their wrongdoings H6588 are H7231 many H7231,

Their apostasies H4878 are H6105 numerous H6105.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - “And just H834 as H834 I have watched H8245 over H5921 them to uproot H5428 them, tear H5422 them down H5422, ruin H2040, destroy H6, and bring H7489 disaster H7489 on them, so H3651 I will watch H8245 over H5921 them to build H1129 and to plant H5193 them,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27 - ‘Behold H2009, I am watching H8245 over H5921 them for harm H7451 and not for good H2896, and all H3605 the people H376 of Judah H3063 who H834 are in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 will [fn]meet H8552 their end H8552 by the sword H2719 or by famine H7458 until H5704 they [fn]are completely H3615 gone H3615.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:14 - “So the LORD H3068 has [fn]kept H8245 the disaster H7451 in H8245 store H8245 and brought H935 it on us; for the LORD H3068 our God H430 is righteous H6662 with respect H5921 to all H3605 His deeds H4639 which H834 He has done H6213, but we have not obeyed H8085 His voice H6963.
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