To long for
שָׁאַףStrong’s H7602shaaph (sha-aph)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shaaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “it is eager for”, “pants for” and “long for”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.”
Meaning
- To gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily(Qal)
- To crush, trample, trample upon(Qal) to trample upon, crush
How it's translated
- and it is eager for 1
- he pants for 1
- you long for 1
- he has crushed me 1
- they have crushed 1
- crushes me 1
- and i panted 1
- panting 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Job 3
- Jeremiah 2
- Amos 2
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Isaiah 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 7:2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
- Job 36:20Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
- Psalms 56:1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
- Psalms 56:2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
- Psalms 57:3He 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.
- Psalms 119:131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁאַף shaaph · to long for
1) to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to gasp, pant after, snuff up 1a2) to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for 1a3) to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals) (fig)
שָׁאַף shaaph · to crush
1) to crush, trample, trample upon 1a) (Qal) to trample upon, crush
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
P'ANT, verb intransitive
- To palpitate; to beat with preternatural violence or rapidity, as the heart in terror, or after hard labor, or in anxious desire or suspense.
- To have the breast heaving, as in short respiration or want of breath.
- To play with intermission or declining strength.
- To long; to desire ardently.“As the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God” Psalms 42:1
All definitions and other forms of “pant”
P'ANT, noun
Palpitation of the heart.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.