HebrewH8319Verb

שָׁרַק

sha.raq

12Occurrences
H8319Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to hiss, whistle, pipe 1a) (Qal) to hiss (as a signal)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

שָׁרַק appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
3
Isaiah
2
Lamentations
2
1 Kings
1
Ezk
1
Job
1
Zechariah
1
Zephaniah
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 9:8BSB

And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

Isaiah 5:26BSB

He lifts a banner for the distant nationsand whistles for those at the ends of the earth.Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

Jeremiah 19:8BSB

I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

Jeremiah 50:13BSB

Because of the wrath of the LORD,she will not be inhabited;she will become completely desolate.All who pass through Babylon will be horrifiedand will hiss at all her wounds.

Lamentations 2:15BSB

All who pass byclap their hands at you in scorn.They hiss and shake their headsat the Daughter of Jerusalem:“Is this the city that was calledthe perfection of beauty,the joy of all the earth?”

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