Quick Definition
to watch
Strong's Definition
to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).
TWOT Reference: 2451
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to wake, watch, awake, be alert
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep watch of, be wakeful over
1a2) to be wakeful, wake (as mourner or sufferer)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to wake, watch, awake, be alert
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep watch of, be wakeful over
1a2) to be wakeful, wake (as mourner or sufferer)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁקַד
shâqad
BDB Definition:
1) to wake, watch, awake, be alert
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep watch of, be wakeful over
1a2) to be wakeful, wake (as mourner or sufferer)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2451
Total KJV Occurrences: 12