שָׁקַדshâqad
watch, wake, be insistent
Pronunciation: shaw-kad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8245
Meanings
Qal: active (Psalms 127:1; Jeremiah 31:28; Psalms 102:8)
1. keep watch of, be wakeful over (Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 44:27; Jeremiah 1:12)
2. be wakeful, wake (Psalms 102:8; Lamentations 1:14)
Pu`al: denominative see below.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 8:29 Guard these treasures well until you present them to the leading priests, the Levites, and the leaders of Israel, who will weigh them at the storerooms of the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem.”
- Job 21:32 When they are carried to the grave, an honor guard keeps watch at their tomb.
- Psalms 102:7 I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
- Psalms 127:1 Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.
- Proverbs 8:34 Joyful are those who listen to me, watching for me daily at my gates, waiting for me outside my home!
- Isaiah 29:20 The scoffer will be gone, the arrogant will disappear, and those who plot evil will be killed.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).