- Original: שׁקד - Transliteration: Shaqad - Phonetic: shaw-kad' - Definition: 1. to wake, watch, awake, be alert a. (Qal) 1. to keep watch of, be wakeful over 2. to be wakeful, wake (as mourner or sufferer) - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2451 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to be alert that is sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill): - hasten remain wake watch (for). Total KJV Occurrences: 12 • hasten, 1 Jeremiah 1:12 • remain, 1 Job 21:32 • waketh, 1 Psalm 127:1 • watch, 6 Ezra 8:29; Psalm 102:7; Isaiah 29:20; Jeremiah 5:6; Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 44:27 • watched, 2 Jeremiah 31:28; Daniel 9:14 • watching, 1 Proverbs 8:34