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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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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 ye, H8245 and keep H8104 them, until H5704 ye weigh H8254 them before H6440 the chief H8269 of the priests H3548 and the Levites, H3881 and chief H8269 of the fathers H1 of Israel, H3478 at Jerusalem, H3389 in the chambers H3957 of the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:32 - Yet H1931➔ shall H2986➔ he ➔H1931 be brought ➔H2986 to the grave, H6913 and H5921➔ shall remain H8245 in ➔H5921 the tomb. H1430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:7 - I watch, H8245 and am H1961 as a sparrow H6833 alone H909 upon H5921 the house top. H1406

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 - [[A Song H7892 of degrees H4609 for Solomon.]] H8010 Except H518 the LORD H3068 build H1129 the house, H1004 they labour H5998 in vain H7723 that build H1129 it: except H518 the LORD H3068 keep H8104 the city, H5892 the watchman H8104 waketh H8245 but in vain. H7723

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34 - Blessed H835 is the man H120 that heareth H8085 me, H589 watching H8245 daily H3117 H3117 at H5921 my gates, H1817 waiting H8104 at the posts H4201 of my doors. H6607

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:20 - For H3588 the terrible one H6184 is brought to nought, H656 and H3615➔ the scorner H3887 is consumed, ➔H3615 and H3772➔ all H3605 that watch H8245 for iniquity H205 are cut off: ➔H3772

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:12 - Then said H559 the LORD H3068 unto me, H413 Thou hast well H3190 seen: H7200 for H3588 I H589 will hasten H8245 my word H1697 to perform it. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Wherefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 out of the forest H3293 shall slay them, H5221 and a wolf H2061 of the evenings H6160 shall spoil them, H7703 a leopard H5246 shall watch H8245 over H5921 their cities: H5892 every one H3605 that goeth out H3318 thence H2007 shall be torn in pieces: H2963 because H3588 their transgressions H6588 are many, H7231 and their backslidings H4878 are increased. H6105

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - And it shall come to pass, H1961 that like as H834 I have watched H8245 over them, H5921 to pluck up, H5428 and to break down, H5422 and to throw down, H2040 and to destroy, H6 and to afflict; H7489 so H3651 will I watch H8245 over them, H5921 to build, H1129 and to plant, H5193 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27 - Behold, I H2005 will watch H8245 over them H5921 for evil, H7451 and not H3808 for good: H2896 and H8552➔ all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063 that H834 are in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 shall be consumed ➔H8552 by the sword H2719 and by the famine, H7458 until H5704 there be an end of them. H3615

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:14 - Therefore hath H8245➔ the LORD H3068 watched ➔ H8245 upon H5921 the evil, H7451 and brought it H935 upon us: H5921 for H3588 the LORD H3068 our God H430 is righteous H6662 in H5921 all H3605 his works H4639 which H834 he doeth: H6213 for H3808➔ we obeyed H8085 not ➔H3808 his voice. H6963
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