שָׂבַר
sâbar · saw-bar'
to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience)
Lexicon
Derivation: erroneously שָׁבַר; (Nehemiah 2:13,15), a primitive root;
to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience)
- to scrutinize
- by implication, (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hope, tarry, view, wait.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂבַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and viewed2 · 25%
- would ye tarry1 · 13%
- hoped1 · 13%
- these wait1 · 13%
- i have hoped1 · 13%
- of all wait1 · 13%
- cannot hope1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.