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Lexicon :: Strong's H7602 - šā'ap̄

Aa
שָׁאַף
Transliteration
šā'ap̄
Pronunciation
shaw-af'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2305,2306

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁאַף shâʼaph, shaw-af'; a primitive root; to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten:—desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H7602 in the following manner: swallow up (6x), snuff up (2x), pant (2x), earnestly desire (1x), desire (1x), devour (1x), hast (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H7602 in the following manner: swallow up (6x), snuff up (2x), pant (2x), earnestly desire (1x), desire (1x), devour (1x), hast (1x).

  1. to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily

    1. (Qal)

      1. to gasp, pant after, snuff up

      2. to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for

      3. to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals)(fig)

  2. to crush, trample, trample upon

    1. (Qal) to trample upon, crush

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁאַף shâʼaph, shaw-af'; a primitive root; to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten:—desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
STRONGS H7602: Abbreviations
† I. שָׁאַף verb gasp, pant, pant after, long for (so Targum Job 7:2); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְשָׁאַף consecutive Job 5:5, 3rd person feminine singular שָֽׁאֲפָה Jeremiah 2:24, 3rd person plural שָֽׁאֲפוּ Jeremiah 14:6; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁאַף Job 7:2, etc.; Participle active שׁוֺאֵף Ecclesiastes 1:5; —
1. gasp, as a woman in travail, figurative of י׳, Isaiah 42:14 (|| נָשַׁם); pant after, snuff up the wind (accusative), of wild ass Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 14:6; construction praegn.וְאֶלמְֿקוֺמוֺ שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 1:5 unto his place he panteth (comes panting), of sun under figure of racer.
2. gasp or pant with desire Psalm 119:131 (|| יָאַב); pant after, be eager for, with accusative Job 5:5 (compare צַמִּים), Job 7:2 (|| יְקַוֶּה), Job 36:20 (but obscure in context).

† II. [שָׁאַף] verb crush, trample upon (|| form of שׁוּף (which see), if pointing right, compare Köi. 439; We Now read שָׁאפִים, etc., from שׁוּף, compare Ges§ 72 p; perhaps originally pulverize by rubbing, but also apparently by pounding, stamping, treading, LevyChWB שׁוּף, JastrDict.שׁוּף, שׁאף; — most make = I. שׁאף, but Vrss render as above); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix שְׁאָפַ֫נִי Psalm 56:2, 3rd person plural שָֽׁאֲפוּ Psalm 56:3;,Infinitive absolute שָׁאֹף Ezekiel 36:3; Participle suffix שֹׁאֲפִי Psalm 57:4; plural שֹׁאֲפִים Amos 2:7; Amos 8:4; — trample upon, crush (the poor, etc.), figurative, with accusative of person Amos 8:4; strangely Amos 2:7 (We Now Marti strike out לְַעֲֿפַראֶֿרֶץ, which TorreyJBL xv (1896), 152 explained as old doublet, compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version; AV RV pant after the dust, etc., hyperb. for extreme avarice, compare Hi Dr; but Dr thinks Vulgate possibly original: crush the heads of the poor upon the dust [compare Isaiah 3:15], in any case strike out בְּ after שׁ׳ crush); אֶתְכֶם מִסָּבִיב שַׁמּוֺת וְשׁ׳ Ezekiel 36:3; Psalm 56:2; Psalm 57:4 and (accusative omitted) Psalm 56:3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

5:5; 5:5; 7:2; 7:2; 7:2; 36:20

Psalms

56:2; 56:2; 56:3; 56:3; 57:4; 57:4; 119:131

Ecclesiastes

1:5; 1:5

Isaiah

3:15; 42:14

Jeremiah

2:24; 2:24; 14:6; 14:6

Ezekiel

36:3; 36:3

Amos

2:7; 2:7; 8:4; 8:4

H7602

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Strong's Number H7602 matches the Hebrew שָׁאַף (šā'ap̄),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 - The hungry eat his harvest,
and he takes it even out of thorns,[fn]
and the thirsty pant[fn] after his[fn] wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - Like a slave who longs for the shadow,
and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:20 - Do not long for the night,
when peoples vanish in their place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 - To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam[fn] of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2 - my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 - He will send from heaven and save me;
he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah
God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:131

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:131 - I open my mouth and pant,
because I long for your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:5 - The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
and hastens[fn] to the place where it rises.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:14 - For a long time I have held my peace;
I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out like a woman in labor;
I will gasp and pant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
in her month they will find her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
because there is no vegetation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3 - therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Precisely because they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 - those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth
and turn aside the way of the afflicted;
a man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:4 - Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
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