H7602 שָׁאַף
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 14 KJV occurrences
שָׁאַף
shâʼaph · shaw-af'
Definition
to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
KJV Renderings
desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 14)
- Job 5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
- Job 7:2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
- Psalms 56:1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
- Psalms 57:3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
- Ecclesiastes 1:5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
- Isaiah 42:14I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
- Jeremiah 14:6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
- Amos 2:7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: