King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H8245
Transliteration: shaqad
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kad')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to watch, wake
Meaning: to be alert, sleepless, to be on the lookout
Word Summary
shaqad: to watch, wake
Original Word: שָׁקַדTransliteration: shaqad
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kad')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to watch, wake
Meaning: to be alert, sleepless, to be on the lookout
Strong's Concordance
hasten, remain, wake, watch for 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8245. shaqad
שָׁקַד verb watch, wake (Phoenician שקר be circumspect; Late Hebrew שָׁקַד be insistent; see שְׁקֵד ᵑ7 = Biblical Hebrew); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Psalm 127:1, שָׁקַ֫דְתִּי Jeremiah 31:28; Psalm 102:8; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁק֑וֺד Job 21:32 (Me Bu יִשְֹׁו֑דוּ), וַיִּשְׁקֹד Daniel 9:14, 1singular 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); 44:27; עַל thing, to perform it 1:12; Daniel 9:14; so (men subject) אָוֶן שֹׁקְדֵי 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) ׳שׁ וְשִׁמְרוּ 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`al Perfect עַלמְּֿשָׁעַי נִשְׁקַד (ᵐ5 Bu) watch has been kept over my transgressions (compare
1 above), for פ עֹל ׳נִשְׂקַד ᵑ0. —
Pu`al denominative see infra.