H8245 שָׁקַד

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 12 KJV occurrences

שָׁקַד

shâqad · shaw-kad'

Definition

to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)

KJV Renderings

hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

Sample KJV Verses (8 of 12)

Ezra 8:29Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
Job 21:32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
Psalms 127:1Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Jeremiah 1:12Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Jeremiah 5:6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Jeremiah 31:28And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 44:27Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.