שָׁקַקshâqaq

run, run about, rush, (apparently akin to √ I.

Pronunciation: shaw-kak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8264

Meanings

שׁוק, whence שׁוֺק)

Qal: rush (Joel 2:9; Isaiah 33:4; Proverbs 28:15)

Hithpalpel: they rush to and fro. (Nahum 2:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 107:9 For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
  • Proverbs 28:15 A wicked ruler is as dangerous to the poor as a roaring lion or an attacking bear.
  • Isaiah 29:8 A hungry person dreams of eating but wakes up still hungry. A thirsty person dreams of drinking but is still faint from thirst when morning comes. So it will be with your enemies, with those who attack Mount Zion.”
  • Isaiah 33:4 Just as caterpillars and locusts strip the fields and vines, so the fallen army of Assyria will be stripped!
  • Joel 2:9 They swarm over the city and run along its walls. They enter all the houses, climbing like thieves through the windows.
  • Nahum 2:4 The chariots race recklessly along the streets and rush wildly through the squares. They flash like firelight and move as swiftly as lightning.

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).