שָׁעָה shaah

Hebrew word for “to gaze” · Strong’s H8159 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

1) to look at or to, regard, gaze at or about;

How it is translated

Glosses given for shaah in context, with how often each is used:

• looked 3
• look away 2
• will look 2
• them pay attention 1
• will you look away 1
• smear 1
• may have regard 1
• look 1
• will gaze 1
• fear 1
• us fear 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 4 (2), Isaiah 17 (2), Isaiah 41 (2), Exodus 5 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 7 (1), Job 14 (1), Psalms 39 (1), Psalms 119 (1), Isaiah 22 (1)

Forms

• שׁעה 2
• ישׁעו 2
• ישׁעה 2
• שׁעו 2
• וישׁע 1
• תשׁעה 1
• השׁע 1
• ואשׁעה 1
• תשׁעינה 1
• תשׁתע 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shaah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רָאָה raah “to see” 4
• אַל al “not” 3
• קָדוֹשׁ qadosh “holy” 2
• אַף aph “also” 2
• מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 2
• יָשַׁע yasah “to save” 2
• מִן־ min “from” 3
• מְאֹד meod “much” 2
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 2
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 2
• עַד ad “till” 2

Key verses

The verses using shaah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 4:4 — And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
• Genesis 4:5 — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
• Job 7:19 — How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
• Psalms 39:13 — O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
• Psalms 119:117 — Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
• Isaiah 17:7 — At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 17:8 — And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
• Isaiah 22:4 — Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
• Isaiah 31:1 — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong;…
• Isaiah 32:3 — And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
• Isaiah 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right…
• Isaiah 41:23 — Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

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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.