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H8245 · שָׁקַד

shâqad · shaw-kad' · watch, wake

H8245 (shâqad, pronounced shaw-kad') is the Hebrew word שָׁקַד in Strong’s dictionary: to be alert, i.e. sleepless. It appears 12 times in 11 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
שָׁקַד (Hebrew)
Transliteration
shâqad
Pronunciation
shaw-kad'
Derivation
a primitive root;
Definition
to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
Rendered in the KJV
hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

12 occurrences in 11 verses.

How the BSB renders it

By book

Ezra 1 · Job 1 · Psalms 2 · Proverbs 1 · Isaiah 1 · Jeremiah 4 · Daniel 1

Verses

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