שָׁקַק shâqaq

Meaning

to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily

In the King James Version: have appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro).

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Psalms 107:9 For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
• Proverbs 28:15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
• Isaiah 29:8 as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
• Isaiah 33:4 Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
• Joel 2:9 They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
• Nahum 2:4 The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.