שָׁעַע
shâʻaʻ · shaw-ah'
(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare
- (in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self)
- (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cry (out) (by confusion with H7768 (שָׁוַע)), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to see and know › to see and know
To consume, to destroy that works to see and know that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁעַע 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- delight1 · 11%
- i will delight1 · 11%
- and i will delight1 · 11%
- but i delight1 · 11%
- and shut1 · 11%
- shall play1 · 11%
- cry ye out1 · 11%
- and cry1 · 11%
- and be dandled1 · 11%
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.