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שָׁאַף H7602
H7602 is the Hebrew word שָׁאַף, transliterated shâʼaph and said shaw-af'. The King James Version most often renders it swallow me up.
What it means
to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 13 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
Verses using שָׁאַף
All 14 verses, quoted in full.
Job 5:5 · KJV
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Job 7:2 · KJV
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Job 36:20 · KJV
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Psalm 56:1 · KJV
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Psalm 56:2 · KJV
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
Psalm 57:3 · KJV
He 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.
Psalm 119:131 · KJV
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Ecclesiastes 1:5 · KJV
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Isaiah 42:14 · KJV
I 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 2:24 · KJV
A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
Jeremiah 14:6 · KJV
And 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.
Ezekiel 36:3 · KJV
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
Amos 2:7 · KJV
That 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:
Amos 8:4 · KJV
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Common questions
What does Strong's H7602 mean?
H7602 is the Hebrew word שָׁאַף (shâʼaph), meaning to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten.
How is H7602 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it swallow me up (2 times), swalloweth up (1 time), earnestly desireth (1 time), desire (1 time), swallow (1 time), among others.
How many times does H7602 appear in the Bible?
שָׁאַף (shâʼaph) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7602 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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