חָשַׁק chashaq
Hebrew word for “to desire” · Strong’s H2836 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
(Qal) to love, be attached to, long for
Senses in the lexicon
- to desire (8)
- to connect (3)
How it is translated
Glosses given for chashaq in context, with how often each is used:
- loved 3
- loves 2
- desired 2
- furnished with bands 2
- will love 1
- will be furnished with bands 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 38 (2), Genesis 34 (1), Exodus 27 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Deuteronomy 10 (1), Deuteronomy 21 (1), 1 Kings 9 (1), 2 Chronicles 8 (1), Psalms 91 (1), Isaiah 38 (1)
Forms
- חשׁק 5
- מחשׁקים 2
- חשׁקה 1
- וחשׁקת 1
- חשׁקת 1
- וחשׁק 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chashaq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- וָו vav “hook” 3
- חֵשֶׁק chesheq “desire” 2
- עַמּוּד ammud “pillar” 3
- מִסְכְּנוֹת miskenah “storage” 2
- מֶמְשָׁלָה memshalah “dominion” 2
- אֶדֶן eden “socket” 2
- פָּרָשׁ parash “horseman” 2
- לְבָנוֹן levanon “Lebanon” 2
- רֶכֶב rekhev “chariot” 2
- נְחֹשֶׁת nechoshet “bronze” 2
- בָּחַר bachar “to choose” 2
- חָצֵר chatser “court” 2
Key verses
The verses using chashaq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 34:8 — And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
- Exodus 27:17 — All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
- Exodus 38:17 — And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all…
- Exodus 38:28 — And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
- Deuteronomy 7:7 — The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
- Deuteronomy 10:15 — Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
- Deuteronomy 21:11 — And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
- 1 Kings 9:19 — And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem,…
- 2 Chronicles 8:6 — And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in…
- Psalms 91:14 — Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
- Isaiah 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy…
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.