שָׁרַק sharaq
Hebrew word for “to whistle” · Strong’s H8319 · used 12 times in 12 verses
Meaning
1) to hiss, whistle, pipe; 1a) (Qal) to hiss (as a signal)
How it is translated
Glosses given for sharaq in context, with how often each is used:
- may hiss 4
- will whistle 3
- have hissed 3
- will hiss 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 2 | 1.3 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Lamentations 2 (2), 1 Kings 9 (1), Job 27 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Isaiah 7 (1), Jeremiah 19 (1), Jeremiah 49 (1), Jeremiah 50 (1), Ezekiel 27 (1), Zephaniah 2 (1)
Forms
- וישׁרק 4
- שׁרקו 3
- ושׁרק 2
- ישׁרק 2
- אשׁרקה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with sharaq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עָבַר avar “to pass” 6
- שָׁמֵם shamem “be desolate” 4
- שַׁמָּה shammah “horror” 3
- מַכָּה makkah “wound” 3
- סָפַק saphaq “to slap” 2
- זֹאת zot “this” 4
- נוּעַ nua “to shake” 2
- קָצֶה qatseh “end” 2
- כַּף kaph “palm” 2
- עִיר ir “city” 3
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 2
- זֶה zeh “this” 2
Key verses
The verses using sharaq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Kings 9:8 — And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this…
- Job 27:23 — Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
- Isaiah 5:26 — And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
- Isaiah 7:18 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in…
- Jeremiah 19:8 — And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
- Jeremiah 49:17 — Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
- Jeremiah 50:13 — Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at…
- Lamentations 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of…
- Lamentations 2:16 — All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we…
- Ezekiel 27:36 — The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
- Zephaniah 2:15 — This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts…
- Zechariah 10:8 — I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
See all 12 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.