Quick Definition
to rush
Strong's Definition
to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: have appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro).
TWOT Reference: 2460
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to run, run about, rush, run to and fro, be eager or greedy or thirsty
1a) (Qal) roving, ranging, longing, rush out upon (participle)
1b) (Hithpalpel) to rush to and fro, rush back and forth
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to run, run about, rush, run to and fro, be eager or greedy or thirsty
1a) (Qal) roving, ranging, longing, rush out upon (participle)
1b) (Hithpalpel) to rush to and fro, rush back and forth
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁקַק
shâqaq
BDB Definition:
1) to run, run about, rush, run to and fro, be eager or greedy or thirsty
1a) (Qal) roving, ranging, longing, rush out upon (participle)
1b) (Hithpalpel) to rush to and fro, rush back and forth
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2460
Total KJV Occurrences: 8