Strong’s H8264 · Hebrew
שָׁקַק
shâqaq
shaw-kak'
Definition
to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily
Etymology
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- have appetite
- justle one against another
- long
- range
- run (to and fro)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.